when i bought the 96 Disco i knew it had many qwerks and im trying to get around to fixing them one by one, Rear door up next.

I am a carpenter and i have hung many of doors in my day from commercial, residential, interior and exterior and to me the hinges look like they are reversed meaning the top on bottom and bottom on top or they are just bent out of shape. it would seem that the bottom hinges want to be kicked back towards the Tail light and the top pushed over away from tail light. I can tell this because of the latch alignment, i tried to do a simple fix and remover on the spacers on the stud but thats a no go cause its obvious that the door is sitting higher than the latch and out of square to the opening.

here are pics of the Hing and latch and stud, could someone take a look and see if the hinges are bent in (away from tail light)








NOTICE THE TOP BLACK PLASTIC CATCH, THE DOOR LOOKS WAY HIGH COMPARED TO THE FRAME

 

Hmmmm after a closer look the hinges cannot be reversed as the have a different setup for installation....guess the bottom is just that bent......how the hell did that happen?

 

replace the top hinge, if it were a wood door and was dragging on the bottom left would you replace the bottom hinge or the top?

 

Big heavy door, wind helps it open faster and farther than it should. Kinda like a rated fire door on wimpy hinges in the west Texas wind.

 

well seeing how the bottom is NOT dragging its actually rubbing the top NOT the bottom as shown in pic two and three. I was actually planning on getting a door from the junk yard since both 96 disco there are in really good shape body wise, im just trying to see if could fix it until then with straightening out the hinges.