<VV> Now the door works, but it won't work!

[Larry Forman]

At 12:14 AM 3/21/2005 +0000, Doug Mackintosh wrote:
>I just fixed the broken inner door handle mechanism
>(the pivot, which had a broken spring) on my '62
>driver.  Before I fixed it, the key locked the door
>fine, but the handle would not return since the spring
>was broken.  Now it springs back fine, but when I lock
>it, it doesn't lock.  The key works fine, but I can
>still open with the outside handle.  Any ideas?
>
>Thanks
>
>-- Doug Mackintosh


Hi Doug,
If it is anything like my Greenbrier, the little spring that rotates the 
rotating catch gear on the door is broken and not allowing the rotation to 
go back home.  Open the door and while lifting up on the inside door 
handle, try to rotate the latch back to home position.  If it rotates back 
and THEN the door locks properly, then that is your problem.  On my 
Greenbrier, it might work fine for a day, week, or many months, but then it 
might decide to not return home and not latch properly.  For the FCs, there 
is someone who has a stronger and better spring and will rebuild 
these.  The problem is that often the old replacement parts might be broken 
also or break shortly when returned to service.

-- Larry