After I fitted a reflector the other day in my rear tail light cluster. (Kindly offered by a DOC member as my car was always missing one) I cleaned both clusters which dramatically increased the brightness but have now noticed that my break lights have packed up. I am going to get a meter to check if there are any breaks. Theories at the moment are as follows:- 1) The Breaklight switch has decided to quit 2) The wiring from the switch is knackered 3) Have absolutely no other theories..... I have not had the car that long, still yet to get my hands on a circuit diagram. Does anyone know if one exists online????? Any suggestions??? Thanks in advance Chris H #5255 ----- Original Message ----- From: twinenginedmc12 <twinenginedmc12@xxxx> To: <dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Monday, August 19, 2002 3:48 PM Subject: [DML] Re: Stuck Door > --- In dmcnews@xxxx, wmack <wmack@xxxx> wrote: > > I still can't get my driver's door open. I have tried messing with > the rods > > and everything, and nothing works. I'm at the point now where I am > thinking > > of drilling out the old latch assembly from the inside. Has anyone > tried this > > before? > > > > Thanks > > Willie > > Vin 5043 > > Hi Willie. > > It sounds frustrating. I'd be eyeballing my hammer as the tool of > choice by now, I'm sure (just kidding). If you can wait a day, > before drilling, I'll root around inside my door to come up with a > troubleshooting sequence. If it were my car, I would not drill out > the latch or use force unless there were no alternatives. You > mentioned in your first post that the rear latch works okay, and that > the door clears the rear pin. How did you determine that the door > clears the pin? Did you pull on the door with the front latch stuck > closed? > > What have you removed so far from the inside of the door to get at > the linkage? > > It's easy to tell whether the door is just a little jammed. I doubt > it is. To test the theory that the door is just jammed, you can > manipulate the latch rods inside the car, while having someone else > gently lift the door from the outside, from the bottom of the door, > not the handle, which breaks off easily. You can also do this alone > by reaching in the open window to manipulate the rods, while > simultaneously lifting the door. > > I suspect that the latch is still in fact closed, as if it were > locked ,and that we haven't figured out yet exactly what is wrong > with the linkage. > > Rick Gendreau > > > > To address comments privately to the moderating team, please address: > moderator@xxxx > > To search the archives or view files, log in at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ > > >