I think i figured out what the problem is....I doesn't look like i lost anything...it looks like that black rubber piece that rubs the back hinge of the door seems to be pushed in and is not applying enough pressure to the door to keep the "spring action"

i'll have to play with it some more this week

thanks for the pic

2000 SVT (silver) #1529 of 2150 ------------------- yeah...its modded "having no way as way and no limitation as limitation"