Frozen Doors Shut

[cobram at juno.com]

 "Danton J.A. Cardoso" <djacardoso at gmail.com> writes:

> father's '83 Alfa GTV-6.  There were times he drove it on "nice"
> winter days, and had a similar problem- he could get the doors 
> open, but not shut them.  The locks and/or cylinders expanded, thus
> preventing the doors from being shut.

Alfa did not have this kind of precision in their locks!  The locks
needed to be lubed every other week to work correctly, the striker plate
also had a rubber bushing that would get brittle/hard and impeded the
"bounce" needed to latch the mechanism.

Best paint protection for Alfa doors was soft soled boots. ;-)
 
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