The driver's side lower door hinge is separating from the door. The sheet metal is torn. This is clearly visible.
Does anyone have any sage advice? My plan is to pull the door, hammer the hinge back into roughly the correct location, and weld it, inspect the uppe r for similar problems and weld it if indicated, then put the door back. A ny other options that might be better?
Oh, and while I've got the door off I'm going to try to get those crummy li ttle toothed wheel thingies that bear against on the "hold-open" spring to turn again--they're rather solidly frozen which I suspect was a contributin g factor to the breakage. Any advice on how to get them turning beyond tha n Kroil, a pipe wrench, and much profanity?