Date:         Sat, 3 Apr 2010 09:42:48 -0700
Reply-To:     Alistair Bell <albell@SHAW.CA>
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From:         Alistair Bell <albell@SHAW.CA>
Subject:      Re: sliding door lock spring.
Comments: To: Alan Felder <dieseldoofus@GMAIL.COM>
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Alan,

have another cup of joe and look at my blog, i have an entry showing
lock and how it goes together, here is direct link to entry;

http://shufti.wordpress.com/2010/03/05/lock-info/

alistair
'86 syncro 7  passenger
'82 westy, diesel converted to gas in '94
http://www.members.shaw.ca/albell/
http://shufti.wordpress.com

On 3-Apr-10, at 7:42 AM, Alan Felder wrote:

Alistair and Michael - thanks for the great replies (with pics no
less).  I
should not post when I'm too tired I suppose, because I was not nearly
specific enough.  The spring I am talking about is the small spring
on the
end of the lock cylinder, inside the handle.  It returns the cylinder
to the
neutral position and is the last part to come out, first to go back in.

I am trying to re-key a spare cylinder to my key set so my sliding
door will
lock/unlock from the outside.  I was sure (at least last night) that
somone
had provided a link to a diy on the cylinder, including that spring.  A
picture is stuck in my mind but not well enough to make sure this will
work.  There are several ways that spring can go in it seems.  Sorry
for the
rambling text, but I shouldn't post so soon after I wake up, either.....
:-)

--
Alan Felder
Austin TX
82 Diesel Westy