derekbroerse
01-09-2008, 08:42 AM
Same stupid car... yes I still hate it. Yes I still need it. Yes, it went thru etest with 250000kms like a new car...
Anyways, drivers door suddenly decided it won't open from the inside anymore, opens from the outside just fine.
Linkage is still attached, you can hear it all working in there, in fact I figured with that many miles maybe it was just worn too sloppy and didn't have enough travel so I 'tweeked' it slightly to shorten it a bit, didn't help.
What confuses me about this car is that when you use the handle after you release it you always hear a slight click inside the doors, like the power lock solenoid giving a quick tiny motion (it has the auto locks when you pull it into gear, need to step on the brakes to shift too) but with the door panel off (mostly, its a nightmare in itself--four pieces and rivets??) the lock solenoid is way up at the front of the door yet the sound is at the rear with the mechanism---what is in there?
This is one of these cars that I (am forced to) drive daily so I don't wanna take it all apart and not be able to get something back together again, hence why I am asking first. I don't have any sort of manual for it. One of my big handicaps (on the trucks too) has been that my arms don't fit inside the doors... I'm not Arnold but I'm certainly no annorexic either! Door and window mechanisms always cause me grief for this reason so I don't wanna spend any more time in there than necessary.
Any insight guys?
Anyways, drivers door suddenly decided it won't open from the inside anymore, opens from the outside just fine.
Linkage is still attached, you can hear it all working in there, in fact I figured with that many miles maybe it was just worn too sloppy and didn't have enough travel so I 'tweeked' it slightly to shorten it a bit, didn't help.
What confuses me about this car is that when you use the handle after you release it you always hear a slight click inside the doors, like the power lock solenoid giving a quick tiny motion (it has the auto locks when you pull it into gear, need to step on the brakes to shift too) but with the door panel off (mostly, its a nightmare in itself--four pieces and rivets??) the lock solenoid is way up at the front of the door yet the sound is at the rear with the mechanism---what is in there?
This is one of these cars that I (am forced to) drive daily so I don't wanna take it all apart and not be able to get something back together again, hence why I am asking first. I don't have any sort of manual for it. One of my big handicaps (on the trucks too) has been that my arms don't fit inside the doors... I'm not Arnold but I'm certainly no annorexic either! Door and window mechanisms always cause me grief for this reason so I don't wanna spend any more time in there than necessary.
Any insight guys?