The left-rear door of my '87 300SDL started making a "graunching" sort of noise when I closed it awhile back. It sounded like the hinges needed to be greased. I figured I'd get to it in due course. It wasn't terribly urgent, I reasoned, because I rarely carry passengers in that car.
The other day something seized up inside the door, and it appeared for a moment that I wouldn't be able to get it closed. The door was fully open, and wouldn't swing more than a few degrees toward the "closed" position before bouncing right back. It would've been awkward trying to get home that way.
There's a sheetmetal bar extending into the forward surface of the door from the B-pillar which engages the detent that holds the door open, and that seems to be what's binding up. Is there any way to fix this without removing the interior trim panel of the door?
Geoff
'91 300D 2.5 95K '87 300SDL 256K