[Ogre]

Also posted in "Body Shop Tech" Forum:

'72 Lemans Sport Vert ... just removed the door latches to clean 'em up and reinstall. Cleaned up well, and I understand that white lithium sprayed in them will give them some better function.

When I removed, the three screws on the door appeared to have some "white waxy" substance between the screw and door indentation. Probably to get a better water seal from water leaking in the door gap and getting inside the door (my best guess).

Any ideas what the white wax substance was/is? Or any recommendations on what to put on the threads and head of the screws to get a good water seal?

TIA,
Ogre

[Ogre]

Any ideas? Anybody?

Ogre

[gto4evr]

it's body seam sealer. just something to seal the screws from loosening due to any vibration and fill the gaps since they painted over the screws when shooting the doors. if you don't have any seam sealer, simple gasket sealer is fine

[tjs72lemans]

I just used anti seize on mine to keep from rusting.

[Ogre]

Thanks for the comments, guys.

gto4evr, I thought that might be the case. I have plenty of seam sealer in various forms. My conundrum was that I had to use a pick to get the stuff off the screw and the door. It was hard!

But I guess after 50 years (looked like the latches had never been removed) it will probably get hard. LOL

Thanks guys. I'll just take a little seam sealer and put it in the door indentations.

Ogre

[north]

For a correct look remember that the door latches were installed before painting so the factory correct look is latch screws body colored and the latch itself having body paint oversprayed onto the greased latch. Not pretty but correct.

[Ogre]

Originally Posted by north

For a correct look remember that the door latches were installed before painting so the factory correct look is latch screws body colored and the latch itself having body paint oversprayed onto the greased latch. Not pretty but correct.

Yes, that's the way it was when I took the latches out. Even though not a concourse, I figured I'd put it all back together before painting the door.

Ogre