Re: 110 rear door, lock kna,,,ed ?

Never thought of that, the problem is that it is not the lock barrel but the
catch itself which seems to have lost its ability to stay in the locked
position
Thanks anyway

> You could always try the long pole which I've been using to lock my rear
> door from the front seats after a friend decided to use the rear door key
in
> the diesel lock. Remote locking, always wanted it.
> GyroLady
>

On Mon, 27 Sep 2004 22:31:38 +0000 (UTC), Neil <[email protected]>
wrote:

>On Sat, 25 Sep 2004 23:11:48 +0100, [email protected] wrote:
>
>>On Sat, 25 Sep 2004 21:13:39 GMT, "Hirsty's" <[email protected]>
>>wrote:
>>
>>>Never thought of that, the problem is that it is not the lock barrel but the
>>>catch itself which seems to have lost its ability to stay in the locked
>>>position
>>>Thanks anyway
>>
>>If it's the same as the early (pre 1990) type then it may be that the
>>spring for the over centre latch has broke, a piece of external inner
>>tube rubber works, rubber bands deteriorate too quickly.
>

I have had a piece of motorcycle inner tube rubber operating mine for
over a year now. It functions the same as the internal spring as its
pivot point is in line with the middle of the arc, so it has the same
over centre effect.

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Heath Robinson