Im in hell - driver door wont open

[David Kase]

I know exactly what you are talking about.  Didn't you remove the door 
panel?  You will need to get inside the door and remove the plastic 
cover the surrounds the latch.

The levers are at the top and can be manipulated from inside the door.

David Kase
Engineering Manager
PDQ Industries
717-656-4281
717-656-8749 (f)
www.pdqlocks.com



Tyson Varosyan wrote:

>The handle feels ok. I have not had the car for long, but I think that it
>feels like it should if the door is locked. 
>
>After thinking about it all night I think I know what happened. Inside the
>door on the locking mechanism there is a U-shaped plastic part that goes
>around these 2 metal levels coming into the side of the door from the lock.
>I think that these levers actually lock and unlock the door and I think that
>the plastic U-shaped part that slips over them fell off. 
>
>I don't have a Bentley and have not seen the drawings, but I did just get
>done with putting the door back together after having to repair the lock
>ring mechanism. 
>
>Anyone got any bright ideas as to how to get to those levers? Someone on the
>20v list suggested to go at them from the outside of the door with a coat
>hanger through the window. I don't know if that will work because I remember
>there being a plastic cover inside around the mechanism to prevent
>slim-jiming.
>
>Gonna spend some more time on it...
>
>Tyson Varosyan
>Technical Manager, Uptime Technical Solutions LLC.
>tyson at up-times.com
>www.up-times.com
>206-715-TECH (8324)
>UpTime/OnTime/AnyTime 
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: quattro-bounces at audifans.com [mailto:quattro-bounces at audifans.com] On
>Behalf Of Grant Lenahan
>Sent: Thursday, October 26, 2006 4:57 AM
>To: tyson at up-times.com
>Cc: audi20v at rennlist.org; quattro at audifans.com
>Subject: Re: Im in hell - driver door wont open
>
>
>On Oct 26, 2006, at 1:49 AM, Tyson Varosyan wrote:
>  
>
>>about the 10th time I shut it, it wont open. Wont open from inside,
>>wont open from outside - plain stuck!!!
>>    
>>
>
>Tom,
>
>Its not clear what the symptems are.  When you pull on the door handle, 
>does it move, yet the door does nt open? Or does it stick?  Or does ti 
>move freely as if it were disconnected?  You need to get a couple of 
>reasonable hypotheses about what broke.  Have you studied the bently 
>drawings?
>
>Grant
>
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