110 rear door, lock kna,,,ed ?

You could always try the long pole which I've been using to lock my rear door from the front seats after a friend decided to use the rear door key in the diesel lock. Remote locking, always wanted it. GyroLady

Never thought of that, the problem is that it is not the lock barrel but the catch itself which seems to have lost its ability to stay in the locked position Thanks anyway

If it's the same as the early (pre 1990) type then it may be that the spring for the over centre latch has broke, a piece of external inner tube rubber works, rubber bands deteriorate too quickly.

AJH

Good I'll try it. I have tried rubber bands and as you say they fall apart very quickly, I think it's the UV that does them in.

Thanks

John H

Twas Sat, 25 Sep 2004 18:35:59 GMT when "Hirsty's" put finger to keyboard producing:

Regards. Mark.(AKA, Mr.Nice.)

Well done Mr Bean 8-)

Thanks

The temporary fix of a band or spring to hold the lock catch up, has the unfortunate side effect of making the rear door self lock upon closing!

Having had 2 rear door catches fail like this, I've been caught out with the self-locking rear door more than once :o(

It seems that a replacement spring is not available so you have to change the entire door catch - ridiculous!

Or is there a redesigned door catch that doesn't suffer this problem?

Neil

(Reply via NG please)

I have had a piece of motorcycle inner tube rubber operating mine for over a year now. It functions the same as the internal spring as its pivot point is in line with the middle of the arc, so it has the same over centre effect.