Door not sealing

[ventura67]

Hi all.

We just bought our second camper: loved the first season in the '82 Coleman we saw for sale down the street last year so much we bought a newer one for this year.  We now have a 2003 Starcraft 2107L that, except for a leak in the roof that damaged a corner of the ceiling is practically brand-new.

One thing that bothers me is that the door does not seal on its own from the middle and gets wider at the top.  It hangs open leaving a gap that air and bugs could enter.  I can use the locking cam from the inside and that seals it right up but I can't lock it from the outside and I don't want to have to do that anyway.

The door latch has no adjustment.  It rests on the frame in the wall of the camper with no adjustable catch and with the frame being triangular in shape it does not look possible to add one.  The latch therefore does not hold the door tight and if it did this would solve most of the problem.  But the rest of the door still pulls away from the camper body to the top.

It does not look damaged, but it's hard to imagine they would design the door to fit so poorly.  Any suggestions?

Thank you!

Nick

[ScoobyDoo]

First check that you are level and not putting to much pressure on the stabs. When the corner was damaged did they knock the top out of shape?

[Morin]

I had a very similar situation with my Coleman Camper.  my wife and I were trying like the dickens to get the door to sit right.  I then cranked the roof up 2/3 crank higher and the door sat is it should.  Then I cranked it down the 2/3 and all was good and tight - no damage.  Worked for me may help a bit in your case....

[flyfisherman]

The only problem of my Starcraft's door not working properly has been the camper not setting level. The camper not setting level will throw the roof off a tad and that, of course, effects the function of the door.



Fly

['tiredTeacher]

My 2107 does the same thing. I think Fly's right, but the only way to be 100% sure is to set up on a flat concrete pad.

[wavery]

Leveling is #1.

The other thing that you might consider is that one of the cables could be out of adjustment (or stretched) and the top may not be lifting all the way on one corner.

You could check this by lifting the top all the way then measuring the height of each post fully extended. They should be almost exactly the same. I'm not sure what the tolerance is but I would think that it would be less then 1/4"