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On Mon, 13 Jul 2020 21:03:25 -0600, rbowman
wrote:

On 07/13/2020 08:01 PM, micky wrote:
if with the door open, put crayon or lipstick etc. on the bolt and it
will mark where it is hitting the plate. Works for the previous
paragragh too.


Damn! Micky finally said something worthwhile. I got some strange looks
when I bought a tube of bright red lipstick but it works pretty good for
fitting parts. Crayons tend to be a little hard to stick well.

A marking pen works well too. Slather up the striker plate, put it
together, and see what gets scraped.

That works too - - -