Im in hell - driver door wont open

[Grant Lenahan]

If I have time in the next day or so. I'll try to find the page and 
scan it.

Grant
On Oct 26, 2006, at 1:18 PM, 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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