removing brazing

[56hotrodred]

I finally got around to getting the doors on - test fit to set up modified front rad support height & location - and see that one of the po's brazed the lower hinge to the door. Means I have limited adjustment on the drivers door and I can't get it to even close right now. I have the passenger door real close and feel pretty good about it. I am also getting the hood sanded to get it on to help me align the whole front end.

This is a 56 body on an 80 SWB frame so modifications and lots of test fitting are going to be needed.

My question is how do I remove the brazing? Heat or grind? Some of it is going to be pretty hard to get to with any type of grinder and I do not have a torch.

Also after soda blasting the cab there is brazing in several places. It all seems solid and looks like it is from the factory as I am told they did. Do I want to remove it? I was going to do a combination of weld and filler to smooth overlapping seams out in the cab. Not too sure how the brazing will react if I get close to it with the Mig.

Thanks in advance.

56hotrodred.

[mylow53]

you may have to cut out the pocket and replace it with sheet-metal from a doaner door. regardless your in for a fight! those doors are tough to get right
GT

[56hotrodred]

That scares the crap out of me. There are several other fixes on this door that if I have start replacing the lower hinge pocket it may not be worth it. In looking a little closer at the upper hinge pocket I see stress fractures as well!!!

The passenger side door is in way better shape but that is usually the way it goes.

Anybody got a real good drivers door for a 56 1/2 ton in or near southern Alberta? I really do not want to go new.

56hotrodred