Johann, Is this your Malibu? If it is, I'm impressed with how you had to
improvise. Nice car! I ran across it on Chevy Talk.
http://www.cardomain.com/ride/3134416
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From: "Dan Solomon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "The Chevelle Mailing List" <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, November 19, 2008 8:41 PM
Subject: Re: [Chevelle-list] Shut Doors
Got to give you credit Johann. I wouldn't even consider trying to make new
springs. I guess that why they say that necessity is the mother of
invention.
Godspeed, Dan Solomon
"It is a mistake to allow any mechanical object to realize you are in a
hurry."
http://www.freewebs.com/chevelles1970/
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From: "Johann Grobler" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, November 18, 2008 5:16 PM
To: "The Chevelle Mailing List" <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [Chevelle-list] Shut Doors
I had a similar problem on my 65 Malibu right hand drive. With latches
not available locally (South Africa) you start to improvise. What I found
is that the latch has three internal springs. Two of them were broken.
This resulted in the push-pull method of opening and the softly push/bump
closing. Made up new springs and the door is fine! To use more force
only aggrevates the problem. The latch is fairly simple to repair. Take
your time! A rushed job is a botched job!
----- Original Message -----
From: "John Nasta" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, November 19, 2008 12:01 AM
Subject: Re: [Chevelle-list] Shut Doors
That's interesting. Thanks.
Considering that I drove the car for four winters with no heat and just
got around to fixing that last year, the door problem has been low on
the priority list.
Quoting ROARKE PONCE <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
My father-in-law said to take the latch and handle out and slip hoses
(old brake hose, gas line, whatever has a small enough ID to fit)
over the ends of the levers. If I remember correctly, you can put
hoses on both sides if needed or just one. Depends on how much slack
you have to take up. Buys you some time before replacing the latch.
Hope this helps.
Roarke
