Gary,
I haven't been online for a few days, or I could have fixed this for you
immediately. Sorry.
The driver's door on Loreli did this a few different times after I first
bought her. Had to pull the door panel and screw that nut to make it work
properly. I'd tighten, it would loosen.
Instead of Lithium grease, I used clear silicone. The nut doesn't loosen
anymore. The door opening thing was scary as hell the first time though,
wasn't it? LOL!
Matt - SEROC
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From: datsun-roadsters-bounces+matthews517=earthlink.net@autox.team.net
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On Behalf Of BARTERDUDE@aol.com
Sent: Tuesday, November 13, 2007 9:48 AM
To: datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net; wycroc@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [Roadsters] Driver's side door latch - update
Interesting. My son and I soaked the latch in brake cleaner, but that
didn't do the job, but when we started feeling around in the inside of the
door,
we discovered an "adjustment" nut on the rod coming from the outside door
handle. After experimenting with the positioning, we discovered it was
best to
set it tighter, and the locking mechanism stayed in place with more
tensioning. Apparently over the years of use the nut had backed off, thus
causing the
latch to not stay in locked position when triggered.
FYI, we also sprayed white lithium grease on the mechanism after adjusting
and everything works beautifully now.
Thanks for the suggestions.
Gary Lasater - Parker CO
founding member _www.WyCROC.org_ (http://www.wycroc.org/)
1963 SPL310-00161C (Single Carb)
1963 SPL310-00289B (Single Carb)
1964 SPL310-01289
1969 SRL311-12536 (licensed as '70)
1970 SPL311-28169
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