Due to the long weekend, I actually had a half day to spend in my second home (the SHOP) organizing a little more, and got round to something on the land cruiser that I was putting off until spring time when it warmed up!
Those that have been following along will remember that I ordered a couple of sets of hinges for the back doors of the 76. The older land cruisers, you could purchase rebuild kits for the rear hinges, but unfortunately these newer models do not have that option.
In my head I was thinking I had to remove the entire door and do the hinge replacement, then remount the door. However when I actually started looking at this closer and started the work, I thought to myself, "Self, why not just replace the hinges in place one at a time?"
So that is what I did.
I managed to remove the door panel with surprising few grommet casualties (only lost 2):
But, that is why you keep extra's around::
If you are careful, you can peel away the vapor barrier and seal adhesive all in one so that it can be reused. Otherwise you can also cut a new piece of poly and use some weatherstrip adhesive to replace what is there.
You can see the two casualties, they broke instead of popping out because they got some of the weatherstrip adhesive on them from the factory. They were stubborn to get out of there. Keep in mind you do not have to remove all of it, in fact, just expose the top left corner. The bottom hinge can be accessed via the 2 small round black stick on plastic covers. There are 2 on the bottom and one on the top left. The last bolt for the top hinge is accessed through where the vapor barrier is.
I chose to do the top hinge first, simply because it has better access and room to work. I supported the door, open like in the picture with a saw horse and wooden shims to get the right height. The top hinge came out without an issue. With a little patience and gentle prying, you should be able to get the plastic covers off the old hinge to put on the new:
I also used red threadlocker. Have had zero issues so far. 
