[s-cars] locked up inside latch

[bill mahoney]

Charlie,
Glad it worked.   Now do the rest of the door latches.
Imagine my dismay when I finally had the door latch in my hand and all
the door inards including the window frame scattered about the lawn,
only to realize that "hey, I could have just as easily done all this
lubing from outside the door."  (so the neighbors have another story;)
The Boeshield also works well on the rear ebrake springs and HRSB connections.
The Kroil Penetrate works very well on the door hinges.
Bill ~lube~Man


On 5/31/06, Charlie Smith <charlie at elektro.cmhnet.org> wrote:
> Earlier, bill mahoney wrote:
> >
> > Charlie,
> > I believe this is kind of the same issue Tom Pollock has.
> > Pulling the inside handle "I think" pulls the latch mechanism but then it
> > gets stuck and the wire attached the inside handle cannot push the latch
> > back and the spring on the latch is corroded and thus stuck.
> > I would then suppose that the vacuum lock sets the latch mechanism back into
> > place by pulling or pushing in a different way than the inside door handle
> > would operate.
> > I wish I remembered how this all worked better but it's been about a year I
> > think.
> > In any event I highly recommend spraying a bunch of some sort of thin
> > corrosion fighting lubricant (I recommend the Kroil Penetrate or Boeshield
> > T9) inside the latch from whatever opening you can find from the end of the
> > door.  Work it in by manually pushing the door lock with a tool, pulling
> > handle from the outside.. then repeat.  It can't really hurt anything and if
> > it starts working, it should remain so... just as good as spending half a
> > day in disassembly and possibly better given that some little plastic part
> > is sure to be broken or forgotten whilst taking apart.
> > YMMV
> > Good luck!
> > Bill M
>
> This was exactly the problem!  Thanks Bill!
>
> I took Bill's suggestion, and lubed the bejesus out of the latch and
> what I could reach inside the door.  I unscrewed the two screws holding
> the latch in the end of the door, so I could push it 1/8" into the door
> thus opening up a crack to insert the spray tube for the Boeshield T9.
>
> Eventually, after locking & unlocking many times, and trying to open the
> locked door with the inside door release lever many times - things started
> working OK again!
>
>     - Charlie
>
>
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