Percys back door.

Percy - My beloved IIa , well his rear door keeps on popping unlatched.
Can't for the life of me work out why any ideas peeps? He was a truck can
but everything seems correct on the fittings side of things. Even comes
unlatched when locked.

Of course...refitting an engine may help the test drive but I'm looking
beyond the little problems now ;-)


Lee D

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Lee_D wrote:

> Percy - My beloved IIa , well his rear door keeps on popping unlatched.
> Can't for the life of me work out why any ideas peeps? He was a truck can
> but everything seems correct on the fittings side of things. Even comes
> unlatched when locked.
>
> Of course...refitting an engine may help the test drive but I'm looking
> beyond the little problems now ;-)
>
>
> Lee D
>

For it to unlatch the body must be flexing. You should look to why it is,
probably cracked spot welds around the rear opening somewhere I would
guess, or the attachment points of the hinges are loose or on floppy bits
of body, or the hard top is loose, effectively allowing the top hinge to
move. Of course if the chassis is so rotten it is allowing the body to
twist......
Other things that will help are the tongue on the lock being worn so it has
a slope on it or the lock body worn so as to allow it to sit at a bit of an
angle, or a slope worn on the striker plate, or the striker plate too far
fromthe lock. You may need to chock out the striker plate to get more depth
of engagement, and consider replacing the lock and striker plate if at all
suspect.
JD

"Lee_D" wrote
> Percy - My beloved IIa , well his rear door keeps on popping unlatched.
> Can't for the life of me work out why any ideas peeps? He was a truck can
> but everything seems correct on the fittings side of things. Even comes
> unlatched when locked.
>
> Of course...refitting an engine may help the test drive but I'm looking
> beyond the little problems now ;-)
>
>
When I got my latest 90 the old farmer that owned it obviously loved grease
and had liberally spread it everywhere including the locks etc. This had
hardened and with the accumulation of dirt over the years had turned solid.
Thus all the locks didn't close properly, were as you describe, and the
bonnet release just didn't work without all my strength. A good wash in some
petrol etc and the application of some light grease (and a new bonnet
release cable) and alls well.
Check yours for accumulated crud.

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Regards
Bob
In Runnymede, 17 miles West of London

Lee_D composed the following;:
> Percy - My beloved IIa , well his rear door keeps on popping unlatched.
> Can't for the life of me work out why any ideas peeps? He was a truck can
> but everything seems correct on the fittings side of things. Even comes
> unlatched when locked.

Our S3 did this for a while, we assumed it was because the door was flexing
with the spare wheel on the back, removed the wheel and it got a little
better. Put a third hinge on, where previously there were only two, and it
was cured ..

> Of course...refitting an engine may help the test drive but I'm looking
> beyond the little problems now ;-)

LOL

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