Door check straps / rods

Hi guys
I know S2's and S3's have there own check rod's which are totally different to each other but what if like me you have a S2a with S3 doors, i've just bought an S3 door check rod with slider blocks and a bulkhead bracket thinking i could fit the bracket to the side of the scuttle where the door shuts to but it won't work as the door will only open about half way because where the bracket would be the rod would be to short, so what has everyone else done and have you got pic's please

Pic of what you have, it would help. Mine is ex-mil so the doors go to stops on the front wing. It has tubes for the rods on the bulkhead but these are not used.

rob1miles said:

Pic of what you have, it would help. Mine is ex-mil so the doors go to stops on the front wing. It has tubes for the rods on the bulkhead but these are not used.

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Ok i'm going work now so will post a pic tomoz but i don't have the 2a check rods as the old bulkhead didn't have them fitted and i just replaced the bulkhead with a new galv one when doing the rebuild a couple of years ago

Here you go but i've had another look at it and think i will make my own bulkhead bracket / brackets, obviously i'm holding the door open with my foot as the bulhead bracket is being held in place with a magnet

That black bracket should be on the bulkhead

I don’t have them fitted but you can see both series & 90 retainers on the door. Holes in the bulkhead for that black bracket.
(Don’t worry about my rust it washes off )

Cheer's Phill but i was trying not to drill through the galv bulkhead as it would be in the best place for rust but i've just done this not finished yet as it needs dressing up and painting

Could you drill,cold galv,fit some riv nuts ?

Are those 3 tapped holes on a single plate? I can't remember what access is like there.

Yeah i didn't want to fit it there as i remember my past S3's and 90 both was rotten there but i'm quite happy with what i've made

Just need painting once my paint arrives as the paint i bought when i painted the landy has gone off

Hi, would they have worked if the black brackets were fixed to the door and the original check rods were used?

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Great solution, nicely executed. I understand your reticence to not drill the bulkhead tbh

Andy J said:

Hi, would they have worked if the black brackets were fixed to the door and the original check rods were used?

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Possibly but i think the black bracket would have looked a bit out of place as there isn't much to bolt it to on the S3 door bottom and my 2a didn't have them fitted when i got it and quite hard to get hold of and as it happend the S3 doors are cheaper to buy than S2a doors but i am getting tired of the door touching the pillers when fully opened and worried it would ware the galv off

Why not just buy the correct bracket for the door? https://www.catmint.biz/shop/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=75

Because its a weld on part and i can't weld and even if i could then i would have to get the S2a rods which are quite hard to get

He does a bolt on version too. Rods and buffers readily available. Surely better than messing up a nice bulkhead with bodgery?

nathanglasgow said:

He does a bolt on version too. Rods and buffers readily available. Surely better than messing up a nice bulkhead with bodgery?

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I couldn't find any on the usual places only expensive used ones which would require more money and work spending on them before I could fit them so this was the easiest option for me