 | Home > Technical > Door lock mechanisms |
 
|
|
|
| 67_6Cyl Member Since: 10 Feb 2010 Location: France Posts: 97  
|
OK Guys, last time you gave me the correct answer in about 10 minutes, lets see if we can break that record.......
This time it is the father-in-laws 130.... (2005 TD5, but not that its important). Rear doors don't always "catch" when we try closing them. Playing with the mechanisms, going through a lock- unlock cycle or two before trying to close them again and trying "harder" to close the doors doesn't seems to have any effect. Last night he had to bungee the door closed to get home. Where should we start looking? everything looks properly aligned, and nothing is visibly broken. Don't let me down guys because the FiL was most impressed with the speed and accuracy of the replies last time I had a problem Best Jon Edited because I had exaggerated. It took 30 minutes to get the correct answer last time. |
||
23rd Feb 2012 1:52pm |
|
| Happyoldgit Member Since: 14 Sep 2007 Location: Norfolk Posts: 3471  
|
Adjust the striker plate on the door pillars. Steve.
Owned numerous Land Rover vehicles of all shapes and sizes over the decades. Current Defender: A non tarts hand-bagged Puma 110 XS USW. [Insert something impressive here such as extensive list of previous Land Rovers or examples of your prestigeous and expensive items, trinkets, houses, bikes, vehicles etc] http://forums.lr4x4.com I used to be Miserable ...but now I'm ecstatic. |
||
|
23rd Feb 2012 2:38pm |
|
| 67_6Cyl Member Since: 10 Feb 2010 Location: France Posts: 97
|
Hum, not sure about this. I will have another look tonight, however when we tried to have a closer look, it did appear that everything was properly aligned.
What is the approved way of adjusting them? loosen the bolts and trying gently to close the door to get them in the right place? Any other suggestions? Thanks Jon Edited to add: this was the first thing we thought of, as the 130 is regularly used with a 900 odd Kg Tischer camper van in the load-bed, and we wondered if things had "moved" for those interested: http://www.tischer-pickup.com/en/models_eng/pick-up-cabins-260rs/ |
||
|
23rd Feb 2012 2:43pm |
|
| tatra805 Member Since: 16 Aug 2011 Location: Dolany Posts: 436  
|
had similar issues
try taking out the small plastic shell at the door-handle (1screw) and leave rest as is. Mine were interfering with the handle mechanism and while everything on the lock-side was good this prevented the locks to close decently. A washer glued on the inside nows prevent the shell to be tightened too much and all is ok Had to take off and place back the complete plastic inner-doors multiple times, and breaking half of the pins before finding out.... 
my 2 cents  |
||
|
23rd Feb 2012 4:14pm |
|
|
|
| All times are GMT |
< Previous Topic | Next Topic > |
Posting Rules
|
Site Copyright © 2006-2025 Futuranet Ltd & Martin Lewis
