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07-01-2004, 03:21 PM
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Door stuck shut
I did a search on this but didn't find anything. The LR door on my wagon is stuck shut. The weird thing is that it happens intermittently, not all the time. It was stuck shut when I bought the car, then one day while driving around I noticed it was slightly ajar, tried the handle and it opened. Closed it all the way and it kept working fine after that. Now all of a sudden its stuck shut again. Any ideas here?
By the way, the central locking is busted on the car, too. Any connection there?
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07-01-2004, 05:08 PM
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You need to lube the lock before it freezes up. This happens to doors which aren't used much and the orig. lube gets gummy. In severe cases the door wont open without a swift kick from the inside while pulling on the door latch.
What I've done is remove the latch from the door, cleaned the unit with brake cleaner spray, then when things are clean and working smoothly I lube it with white lithium grease.
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07-01-2004, 06:48 PM
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Benzcrusher
Thanks, my right side, F & R doors started doing that and I have been too lazy and busy to investagate. Started right after I, splerged, and had the car detailed.:p
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 1985 Euro 240D 5 spd 140K 1979 240D 5 spd, 40K on engine rebuild 1994 Dodge/Cummins, 5 spd, 121K 1964 Allice Chalmers D15 tractor 2014 Kubota L3800 tractor 1964 VW bug "Lifes too short to drive a boring car"
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07-02-2004, 12:48 PM
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I had the exact opposite happen to me last night.....my drivers read stuck open.....
 I ended up taking the door panel off to pull the Check strap. It was frozen in the full open position. Took it apart....cleaned everything....now need to figure out how I'm going to keep the ball bearings in to put the strap back into the mount!! Anyways....I have a really long weekend to figure it out....after I do the Oil, filter and lube......
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1998 W202 C230 - The money pit of late. 1984 W126 300SD (356,800 miles) Gone to the wrenchapart 1984 W123 300D Gone to the wrenchapart 1972 W108 280SE 3.5 (sold but not forgotten) 1986 Buick Grand National 3.8l Turbo (86k miles) 1966 Glassic Model 'A' Replica http://www.glassicannex.org  http://banners.wunderground.com/weat...Round_Rock.gif
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07-02-2004, 03:20 PM
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A factory door strap is less than $20. In fact I think the factory door strap and the FASTLANE item are the same item.
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07-04-2004, 01:32 AM
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Sure, but where's the challenge in that???
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1998 W202 C230 - The money pit of late. 1984 W126 300SD (356,800 miles) Gone to the wrenchapart 1984 W123 300D Gone to the wrenchapart 1972 W108 280SE 3.5 (sold but not forgotten) 1986 Buick Grand National 3.8l Turbo (86k miles) 1966 Glassic Model 'A' Replica http://www.glassicannex.org http://banners.wunderground.com/weat...Round_Rock.gif
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07-05-2004, 07:08 PM
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Ok, I give up...fastlane has my order....
Man...what a pain in the..........door.
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1998 W202 C230 - The money pit of late. 1984 W126 300SD (356,800 miles) Gone to the wrenchapart 1984 W123 300D Gone to the wrenchapart 1972 W108 280SE 3.5 (sold but not forgotten) 1986 Buick Grand National 3.8l Turbo (86k miles) 1966 Glassic Model 'A' Replica http://www.glassicannex.org http://banners.wunderground.com/weat...Round_Rock.gif
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07-05-2004, 10:30 PM
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Thx for all the info. The door popped open again on its own, and before doing anything else, I squirted it with some silicone lube and it's been working fine since. Fingers crossed...!
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'81 300TD turbo <<sold 12/05 to another diesel nut
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