Re: Identification and nomenclature

[Kneale Brownson <knotnook@traverse.com>]

At 06:02 PM 11/22/99 -0500, Brett Dikeman wrote:
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>At 5:06 PM -0500 11/22/99, Huw Powell wrote:
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>>What, no lefties chiming in yet?  I's not one, but it strikes me that a
>>lock in the right taillight is a bit sidist...
>
>Damn right handed engineers.  Plus my lock is broken, so I always 
>have to use the key.  The linkage to the vacuum actuator(or the lock) 
>is completely jammed; I can't move the actuator rod at all.  Very 
>annoying.  Not to mention, central locking just stopped working; 
>alarm still does, but doors don't lock/unlock with driver's side 
>door; they do with passenger side.  <sigh>
>
>
>Brett
>(left handed and proud of it.)
>
>----
>Brett Dikeman
>Artel Software				617-451-9900
>381 Congress Street			617-451-9916(fax)
>Boston, MA 02210				http://www.borisfx.com

Hey, Lefty, can you move the rod from the vacuum motor if you disconnect it
from the lock?  On my "new" '91 200,  the trunk lock wouldn't move with the
key, and the central locking system, while functional on the doors,
wouldn't budge the lock either.  I took the lock to a locksmith, who said
all it needed was lube to make it turn with the key, so I also lubed up the
lever the central locking system operates and got that to move properly
too.  Now I can lock the trunk with the key or use the central locking
system.   The vacuum-operated lever appears to have a spring-loaded ball
and detent system to maintain whichever position the vacuum motor is in.
It was frozen pretty solid until I soaked it in some  WD40.  I used a
razorblade knife to sneak some lithlube onto the ball after I got it broken
loose.

Kneale Brownson