I agree the door latching system on a Delorean is unique. It uses two latches which have to work in tandem and be syncronized. To make things a little more complicated it has the central locking system (if it is working). If the door is properly adjusted it is not easy to lock the door when open. It can be forced and that is one of the failure modes. When it IS forced the linkage inside gets bent and throws all of the adjustments off. I doubt you will be able to find another latch that will work. You might have more luck modifying the latches you have. In the meantime I suggest you either do the door linkage adjustment procedure or have someone do it for you. When the doors are properly adjusted the passenger CANNOT lock the doors if the driver's door is still open. Maybe your best solution is to just disconnect the locking module. If you don't have an upgraded one it should be disconnected anyway! David Teitelbaum vin 10757 --- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, deloreanernst@... wrote: > > In a message dated 4/15/2006 10:28:26 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, > elvisnocita@... writes: > > Wayne, > if you had read the DML regularly you would know that I started > that discussion about one year ago but people weren't interested.>> > I scan all subject lines and read what I have an interest in. If I have > something to add I do. I appreciate your insights. I scanned back nearly 2 years > of your posting subjects and saw only one, "locking doors" from Nov. 04, > which was interesting but it doesn't answer my core question: has anyone > successfully- or unsuccessfully tried to replace their latches with ones from another > car so that you can close the door even if it's locked, or hit the lock > button even if it's open? From Martin's post, and yours put together I gather > it's feasible. But I gather that no one reports having actually done a swap out. > To address comments privately to the moderating team, please address: moderators@xxxxxxxxxxx For more info on the list, tech articles, cars for sale see www.dmcnews.com To search the archives or view files, log in at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: dmcnews-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/