door lock fix

[Kneale Brownson]

Have you read through the door lock repair info on Chris Miller's 200q20v 
page:http://members.aol.com/c1j1miller/index.html



At 06:54 PM 06/02/2001 -0500, Trevor Irwin wrote:

>This is on my 1990 100.
>I am replacing the drivers side key cylinder etc after the old carrier
>broke. Everything was going fine--in fact I had the new cylinder, carrier,
>etc installed and I was ready to put the door back together--until I was
>testing the lock to make sure everything moved smoothly. It did at first,
>but then it wouldnt turn in one direction, it appeared that the teeth on
>the carrier and the teeth in the alarm arming mechanism had gotten out of
>alingment. so i took it apart to get them lined up again, but now no
>matter what I do I cant seem to get it to work...I can get it so that the
>cylinder turns to lock the car but then it wont turn to unlock the car, or
>i can get the cylinder to turn to unlock the car but not to lock it.
>
>The problem seems to be in getting the two indexed teeth to mesh--this
>shouldnt be so hard. Am I missing something here? Does anyone have any
>advice? Thanks.
>
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>T. L. Irwin
>T104 Coordinator
>Swain East 335
>855-3573
>php.indiana.edu/~trirwin
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