In article <5311894.1024778180062.JavaMail.SYSTEM@xin-datong>, James Carruthers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes >Hi Mike,
>*However*, and I should have guessed this would happen, my passenger >door doesn't open now (obviously unrelated because I just fixed my >driver door - unless there is something spooky going on...) - it doesnt >open from the outside - you pull on the handle and it sort of half >opens and then the door sort of catches on something. Any ideas? I'm >going to have to look at that tomorrow. Yes, been there, done that. John has already given you the most likely answer to your problem. A less likely (and more irritating) answer is that the door handle internals have broken. This happened to me - there is a tiny plastic bit inside that operates the mechanism, and mine had snapped. The solution I found was to get a second-hand door handle. Luckily, TRGB had such a huge supply of these that I was able to find a good one that my key fitted. > >>Isn't it Laura who gets in and out of her Spit a la "Dukes of Hazzard" - >>due to a faulty door mechanism? > >I thought it was out of choice... I did try it the other week, but it >all went a bit pear shaped... I ended up sort of just stepping in. I >don't leave my car with the top down and the windows down often - so I >don't really get a chance. <g> > >>That's what I said once. I got a reply that asked, "Have you removed >>the springs that hold the door panel against the escutcheon?" "What >>springs?" said I, in all innocence... > >Springs? What springs? I didn't remove any springs... Both of our DPOs seem to have been of the same mind, then. There is a conical spring (603382) that goes behind the door panel where the window winding handle fits, and presses the panel forward so that there is a snug fit between panel and escutcheon. Frankly, I've never missed it, and wouldn't dream of replacing it. ATB -- Mike Ellie - 1963 White Herald 1200 Convertible GA125624 CV Carly - 1977 Inca Yellow Spitfire 1500 FM105671 /// [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list /// Send admin requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] /// or try http://www.team.net/cgi-bin/majorcool /// Archives at http://www.team.net/archive /// Send list postings to [EMAIL PROTECTED] /// Edit your replies! If they include this trailer, they will NOT be sent.
