First Generation Firebird-L Mailing List ......................................................................... and to get the door open , I think you can take off the door panel, then get to the mechanism to open it
Bjorn -----Original Message----- From: Bjorn Sefeldt Sent: Monday, September 29, 2008 12:50 PM To: '[email protected]' Subject: 67 door latch I had that problem two years ago...found a little rubber plug someone had added to the pin from the outer door handle to push in the operating piece...put it back on...worked for a year,. then last year the same thing happened, now that piece was missing ,and as I hadn't learned about this part yet...I thought I needed that rubber piece...nope, someone had added it so the 'pin' would reach...so now I thought I had a wrong handle, the pin wouldn't reach...so I located a used 69 door handle... same length... I finally figured out that the part the pin pushes in had over the years bent in....I bent it back out about 1/8" and its working fine.... so, if you open it up and don't find a broken spring as Bo eludes to, that's probably what has happened.. Bjorn 69 vert./HALF member/Houston,Tx ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: Re: [FGF] Fwd: 67 door latch From: "Bo Svenson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Sun, 28 Sep 2008 22:10:45 -0700 Rickpaw, Unscrew the door latch from the door. You have a broken release spring. Bo ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Submissions to Firebird-L: <[email protected]> Unsubscribe from Firebird-L: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Help: <http://FirstGenFirebird.org/firebird/Firebird-L.html> Classifieds: <http://FirstGenFirebird.org/ubb/> Owner Pictures: <http://FirstGenFirebird.org/show/> Donations: <http://FirstGenFirebird.org/store/cart.mv?999999> FGF Merchandise: <http://FirstGenFirebird.org/store>
