RE: [DML] Re: Door Locks Locking Up?

["Video Bob" <videobob@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

I still have some adjustments to do, but man it is tough!
It is difficult enough to adjust ONE of these stiker pins, let alone TWO of 
them and get them in a position so that they both catch in the same place!
Right now, it sticks a little when you open it but at least it is catching 
enough that the door will lock and unlock which is my main concern.
I hope to install the door launching kits soon, and as most people have 
found when they install them that if your door is in not absolutely perfect 
alighnment, with good seals and struts your door will just pop, and not 
launch or be aloft at all!

I liked the setup Danny from DMCC has on his time machine, he has a little 
kicker that pushes the door up and give it that extra UUUMMPH it needs.

I hope this information helps someone else before they go tearing thier dors 
apart and replacing solonoids or relays and such.

- Videobob
VIN#5278

PS - Today, I am 30 years old!
Yeah, I made it!
09/01/74


>From: "David Teitelbaum" <jtrealty@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>Reply-To: dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>To: dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: [DML] Re: Door Locks Locking Up?
>Date: Wed, 01 Sep 2004 03:27:45 -0000
>
>You figured out what I have been trying to tell most people on the
>DML. You MUST have the door closed in the "second" latching position.
>BOTH LATCHES MUST be in 2nd position to lock. If you try to lock the
>door with either latch NOT in 2nd position you bend, stretch, and
>force things out of adjustment. The doors are NOT SUPPOSED to be able
>to be locked unless you are in 2nd position. If it won't lock easily
>it is trying to tell you that. Before you can do the door adjustments
>you need to have the doors close properly. You CANNOT compensate for
>old, flat door seals by adjusting the locking anchor pins. Lockzilla
>says it cannot compensate for out-of-adjustment doors and bad
>solenoids so you should have known it would not "fix" your problems.
>As you close the door SLOWLY you can hear and feel the latches as they
>catch in the first locking position and then (if everything is
>adjusted correctly) the 2nd locking position. Slamming the door will
>not make it work, in fact that is how you can jam it. The other thing
>I see all too often is that the head of the anchor pins hit the door.
>This pushes the door foward or back as the case may be making it hard
>to open and close the door. The other thing I see is that the door
>guides strike the pins. If the pins are adjusted right they should go
>right up the middle of the guides and not even touch them. It is a
>little tricky to get it right because the doors close in an ARC. It
>may take some trial-and-error to get it right but once you get it you
>tighten that pin real tight and it won't move.
>David Teitelbaum
>vin 10757
>
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