[s-cars] door release froze broke?

[Douglas Fifield]

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D.

On Thu, Mar 7, 2013 at 5:08 PM, Bill Mahoney <bmahoney at disk.com> wrote:
> Dan,
> This happened to me a few years ago and then again just a few weeks ago.  Not fun, but had to do it
> Since I have to park on the left side of a tight garage whilst some woman (who does have other redeeming qualities) insists she is entitle to the easy side of the garage...
> I have to shoe horn it in and then exit via the passenger side. Crazy right?  But; I'm young and agile.  Anyway with a non-working pass. door, I'd have to open the window, slide/reach over and open the door from the outside.  Then if I wanted to leave the window closed, I would have to go back over and roll up the window etc. and so forth and so on.  This got old in one daze time.
> But I digress...
> Most likely the cable at the latch/lock has slipped off.  You may be able to reach in and reattach it, but really, probably not.  But if you can and find this clip (I never knew there was a clip of which Peter speaks) to hold it on there, you would be truly blessed by the audi gods.
> Statistically speaking, this never happens.
> Anywaze; set aside at least an hour, maybe two.  Remove door panel.  Detach the inner cables, vacuum tubes and clips inside from the door frame and then the door latch (triple ish square) bolts that will allow the lock mechanism to come free but still hang inside the door.
> IIRC there is no way to get it out other than to remove the window frame and regulator assembly... which is nowhere near as ominous as it sounds or looks.  There are four big bolts, two on each side.  Remove them.  You will hear something metal fall at to the bottom inside the door.  This is an aluminum shim.  Set it aside for now.
> Finding a helper friend would be useful here to hold this window assembly whilst you just move it enough to pull out the lock mechanism to where you can see where the cable has to be reattached.  There are some rubber bits at the front mirror that you have to move some, but by not removing entirely, you won't have to reinstall. You'll see how to do this pretty easily.  Find that clip that holds the cable to the latch and if it is missing, use a big zip tie to secure it in place on the latch.
> Screw the door lock/latch back into place on the door.
> Assembly is reverse of disassembly except the shim should be reinserted between the window frame and door frame at the lower front bolt position.  Put the window frame into position and then put the bolt through the door, through the hole in the shim and then screw it into the window frame.. but not tight yet.  Get the other three bolts started.
> Push the shim up into place as far as it will go.
> YMMV but I pulled the TOP of the window frame in as much as I could and whilst holding it in place, tightened all four bolts.  There is not much leeway so you can't screw up too much.  By pulling it inward at the top, I assumed it would make a good seal between the window frame rubber gasket and car body.... And it did as I have even less wind noise.. I think.
> That's it.
> Voila!  Nice job!
> HTH
> Good luck!
> Report back.
> Bill~still rockin' the fat red pig~m
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