'98 Mercury GM/GS, Drivers-side door pressure plate
Dear forum wizards;
I have been off list here as per multiple family emergencies, however my new "used" Mercury Grand Marquis is a dream @ 64k. I am working a more urgent and pressing problem at present with my drivers side door not staying open and thus crashing in on me when parked or attempting to get in or out. After carefully examining this pressure plate arraignment and design today, I see that it is a sandwich of sorts, with a thin metal plate pressing inward on what appears to be a rubber bottom block about 1/4 of and inch or more in thickness. I suspect that this rubber block is what needs to be replaced to enable this door plate to have enough pressure in it to hold the door wide open. I can "see" a bolt on the thin steel plate and it appears to come off, however on the rear door this plate is welded to the hinge assembly, so I am not 101% certain if it really come off or apart. Sound familiar? My intent with this is to replace this rubber pad with another or an exact replacement so my door will not destroy me when I attempt to step out of my car or even get in on steeper inclines. Does this pressure plate assembly come apart up front? Anyone replace *just* that rubber spring plate block and can it be done? Replacing this entire assembly would be brutally expensive or so I would think as per the dealership prices. maybe there is a way around that. Maybe even inserting a thin rubber piece in there would give it more energy and return power.
_Hacksaw
I have been off list here as per multiple family emergencies, however my new "used" Mercury Grand Marquis is a dream @ 64k. I am working a more urgent and pressing problem at present with my drivers side door not staying open and thus crashing in on me when parked or attempting to get in or out. After carefully examining this pressure plate arraignment and design today, I see that it is a sandwich of sorts, with a thin metal plate pressing inward on what appears to be a rubber bottom block about 1/4 of and inch or more in thickness. I suspect that this rubber block is what needs to be replaced to enable this door plate to have enough pressure in it to hold the door wide open. I can "see" a bolt on the thin steel plate and it appears to come off, however on the rear door this plate is welded to the hinge assembly, so I am not 101% certain if it really come off or apart. Sound familiar? My intent with this is to replace this rubber pad with another or an exact replacement so my door will not destroy me when I attempt to step out of my car or even get in on steeper inclines. Does this pressure plate assembly come apart up front? Anyone replace *just* that rubber spring plate block and can it be done? Replacing this entire assembly would be brutally expensive or so I would think as per the dealership prices. maybe there is a way around that. Maybe even inserting a thin rubber piece in there would give it more energy and return power.
_Hacksaw
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