Thanks!! Great idea - maybe also just a good cleaning - I will try that first. It is the one that sits more since I got my 86 GL (no auto anything) with 25,000 original miles ..... yes I love her - like driving a new car - just more rattlely!! Wish it was quieter on bumpy freeway stretches Janet
----- Original Message ----- From: "Dug Smith" <dug@dugbert.com> To: "'Janet Sanford'" <sanfordchef@COX.NET>; <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Sent: Friday, February 08, 2008 11:03 AM Subject: RE: automatic locks going haywire
>> Okay, when I unlock my door in my 88 wolfsburg the locks open >> and close frantically. > > Sounds like the driver's door lock is stiff, so it never finishes opening, > and with the door open, can't finish closing. I had this on my > aftermarket > locks (well, it would never lock). I unhooked the lock on the driver's > door, and it went away... It looked like the rod to the plastic plunger > was > somehow catching on something. I took it out, put it all back in and > everything's working OK now. > > toodle pip, > -- > Dug Smith | 98% of all Harleys ever sold > (mailto:dug@dugbert.com) | are still on the road. The > (http://www.dugbert.com) | other 2% made it home. > > |
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