Date:         Fri, 8 Feb 2008 11:17:23 -0800
Reply-To:     Janet Sanford <sanfordchef@COX.NET>
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From:         Janet Sanford <sanfordchef@COX.NET>
Subject:      Re: automatic locks going haywire
Comments: To: Dug Smith <dug@dugbert.com>
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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.
>
>