I posted awhile ago about having to "shoulder bump" the door to get it to open from the inside.  I think my problems stem from the latching mechanism - now it won't close tight.  I have the entire latch ass'y out of the car now and am wondering what to do.  My guess is the problem lies with the plastic cam thingy that slides over the wide part of the latch pin and keeps the door tight.  The latch was holding the door closed, just not tight, so that tells me that the metal part of the latch was properly secured to the narrow part of the pin.  

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if your striker has the plastic sleeve on the striker that is worn that would certainly cause the problem. auto stores usually have replacement strikers.

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First try cleaning and re-lubing the latch mechanism. All those years of dust, dirt mixed in with the layers of grease just might have everything bound up.

Check the striker bolt, too. Mine was slightly bent (not enough to notice) and caused the door to not open and close properly. Just a thought!

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Update: I have a fully functioning driver's side door again!  I took the latch out and cleaned the heck out of it, lubed it with white lithium and put it back in and it works.  No need to shell out that $100 at least.  Barry and others that mentioned the striker bolt: thanks.  There were/are some problems with that, too.  I compared it with the one on the pass side and lo and behold, it's completely missing the metal bushing that the pass side one has.  It also had some sharp edges that I filed off.  The missing bushing doesn't appear to be prohibiting proper operation of the door, but I am going to order one tonight.  That and some replacement anti-rattle bushing thingys for all the control rods in there.  That door has always sounded like it's going to shake apart when I close it, any thoughts of ways to quiet down all the rattles?  I know they're not all due to the control rods since it still rattled when I closed it with all of them removed.  

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Power windows, perhaps? If the bracket for the window motor breaks(and they all do), the motor will rattle something fierce when closing.




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I'll have to dig into that and see....eventually.  For now I was just glad to get it all put back together.  Still have some good dry driving weather here in the Pacific NW, got to take advantage of it before it's gone.  

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