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| nosnibod Member Since: 15 Aug 2007 Location: West Midlands Posts: 370   
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It's to do with the viscosity of the grease/lubricant. The latch depends on what is in reality quite a small, light spring. It doesn't take much at all to gunge it up.
I just used a PTFE-laden lubricant (GT-85) rather than grease and I've never had a problem since - either on my Td5 110 or on my Puma. On the latter I pre-empted the problem by flushing out the factory grease from new - it only takes a few seconds per door. I have also replaced the front door latches with the X-engineering ones but not because of poor door latching. No, it was because I'd managed to ruin six pairs of jeans on the existing latches  Never happened on the Td5 at all but on the Puma...
The X-engineering latches aren't really a fix for poor latching unless the old latches are damaged - the plastic/nylon covering shredding for example. In which case new standard latches would work equally as well. But they wouldn't last as long and the pile of jeans with the torn out pockets would continue to grow. Dave Green Goddess - 1998 Defender 110 300tdi |
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14th Nov 2016 12:07pm |
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| Romadog Member Since: 07 Jul 2011 Location: Powys Posts: 1749 |
Did mine and hey presto doors close much better !
My neighbours 90 had same problem - was going to change catches for new genuine ones, but after fitting the x-eng latch there seemed to be no need. However after a week the issue came back and I went round as the Font of all knowledge, did this spray exercise with both doors and they couldn't get them to fail. Didn't natter how many times they tried. Even had a text this morning to say that all was functioning correctly today too !! |
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14th Nov 2016 6:14pm |
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| SteveK Member Since: 21 Jan 2015 Location: Bromsgrove Posts: 333 
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It's also worth taking out the stiffening from inside the door seal - just above the locks on the curved section.
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16th Nov 2016 9:03pm |
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| AJC Member Since: 30 Nov 2015 Location: Lancashire Posts: 1361
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I'll be trying this myself, thank you
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17th Nov 2016 8:04am |
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| paullo Member Since: 14 Dec 2010 Location: Just Outside the M25 Posts: 47 
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Result!
Just got back from freeing my passenger door from it's years-old issue. Originally started as a only-in-winter problem and the developed to an all the time thing. Now it's back to near new! Thanks for the tip. |
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20th Nov 2016 5:37pm |
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| EWS Member Since: 29 Nov 2011 Location: Bristol Posts: 156 
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Just joined the Door Catch Club,
Passenger door took ages/attemps to latch, had problems with drivers door allso, so its of to motor factor tomorrow to get some brake cleaner. |
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1st Dec 2016 5:36pm |
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| srod Member Since: 20 Mar 2015 Location: Argyll Posts: 190 |
First frosty morning
 this morning since doing this fix, and yes - it works! |
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8th Feb 2017 8:05am |
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| nosnibod Member Since: 15 Aug 2007 Location: West Midlands Posts: 370
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Every autumn I now give the latches a going-over and coat the door seals in silicon. ...and apply lashing of ACF-50 over everything else... Dave Green Goddess - 1998 Defender 110 300tdi |
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8th Feb 2017 8:12am |
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| Intercept Member Since: 27 Feb 2017 Location: Suffolk Posts: 587 
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The magic spray works! The recalcitrant 2nd row door that has bounced since acquiring the truck a few months back now shuts perfectly every time
Many thanks for this solution! John |
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1st Mar 2017 10:02am |
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| tyrannosauROSS Member Since: 24 Jun 2016 Location: Kent Posts: 136 
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I have this same issue but the original link to the thread no longer works... can anyone explain what it said?
thanks Ross |
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27th Dec 2017 7:26pm |
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| nosnibod Member Since: 15 Aug 2007 Location: West Midlands Posts: 370
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Hi Ross,
If you look upward into the door latch mechanism from below and operate it a few times you'll see a pawl moving on a lightly sprung pivot that catches on the main latch. That pawl is the one that gets gunged up so use a light spray lubricant (WD40, GT85 or similar) to blast the old grease and gunge out until it moves freely. Once it's moving nicely lubricate it with something nice and light - definitely not a spray grease otherwise you'll end up back at square one. Dave Green Goddess - 1998 Defender 110 300tdi |
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27th Dec 2017 8:53pm |
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| landy andy Member Since: 15 Feb 2009 Location: Ware, Herts Posts: 5697 
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Ok. So what’s the trick?
Link to the solution has been removed. Do I just spray loads of brake cleaner into lock to wash out old grease, then relube with lighter oil? Mine is my drivers door, so is areal PITA at the moment. |
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28th Oct 2018 6:58pm |
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| nosnibod Member Since: 15 Aug 2007 Location: West Midlands Posts: 370
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Just spray UPWARDS into the lock mechanism until it frees ups and clicks nicely.
The best way to judge your efforts is to operate the door catch with your finger whilst the door is open. You’ll soon get too see how it works and what needs to run freely. It’s not the main catch that’s the problem, it the one that pivots at the top that has a very light spring and gets gummed up. You will hear the difference as things start to work better. Dave Green Goddess - 1998 Defender 110 300tdi |
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28th Oct 2018 8:33pm |
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| landy andy Member Since: 15 Feb 2009 Location: Ware, Herts Posts: 5697
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Thank you.
I noticed the other day that it’s clearly been well lubricated over the previous years. It’s heavy with white grease. |
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28th Oct 2018 8:50pm |
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