Re: [doc] Now MY door's stuck!

["Dan Willis" <danielpwillis@xxxx>]

M,

>From my chats with Chris N on doors (we had a few about Maddie as her's was
shot) to get to anything in there you need to take the inside of the door
off. But if anyone, ANYONE, will know, it'll be him!
Good luck!

Dan
Vin#5284
----- Original Message -----
From: "Martin Gutkowski" <webmaster@xxxx>
To: <doc-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, April 11, 2002 2:35 PM
Subject: [doc] Now MY door's stuck!


> Yesterday evening I fitted my new passenger side door. I also fitted my
> new mirror switch. The new handle went in with a small amount of blood
> on the stainless and the door worked fine afterwards. I thought mothing
> more about it
>
> This morning, I set off for work and noticed the door ajar light was on.
> I have recently adjusted the striker pins an I know they line up okay.
> My drivers door was properly shut, so I reached across to open the
> passenger door. The rear latch released but the front wouldn't budge. I
> left it as-is and drove to work. FWIW the door never required much of a
> pull onthe nadle to open - the distance the mechanism must move in order
> to release the latches is very small - ie the mechanism is tight.
>
> At lunchtime today I had a longer look at it. with the window down, I
> can re-latch the rear catch but still cannot release the front. I took
> the top trip panel off and pulled the mechanism as far as it would go
> (further than either the outseide or inside handles can achieve. Still
> no joy. I'm fairly convinced the problem's related to the lock mechanism
> at the front but without taking the lower trim off I can't get to the
> link rod. In all the messing about I managed to jam the rear latch also
> (I think it's just the problem related to working the locks when the
> door's not shut). A bit of messing abut should free that end.
>
> Does anyone have any suggestions before I take the lower panel off? It's
> a real shame I have to do it like this as the passenger door trim has
> never been removed before (when I did the handle last night there was
> still glue around the bottom of the top trim piece)
>
> Martin
> #1458
>
> PS I'm leaving my baby alone for 2 weeks as we have Mechanoids filming
> in Glasgow. I hope to still be on e-mail.
>
>
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