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Date:         Mon, 10 Jul 1995 15:32:01 GMT
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From:         vw@gulbransen.com (Vw)
Subject:      door lock springs for '71 bus

Owners of '71 busses take note. Many of you have probably already discovered the secret of the little spring buried deep inside the front-door lock mechanism that helps the lock control arm to rest in the correct position. Here is what happens if the spring breaks: You lock the door with the key. Then you check the door to make sure that it is locked by trying to open it with your finger. You go away and come back later. You then insert the key in the lock, but the lock will not let your key turn to the unlock position, just to the lock position. So you give up and use the sliding door. The front door is now also very hard to unlock from the inside, but you can still do it, but your wife can't.

There are two solutions. (1) Lock the car with the key, but do NOT check the door to see if it is really locked (just look through the windshield at the inside door lock). (2) Replace the broken spring.

Tell me, does anybody know where to obtain a spring that will not break? I have gotten them from wrecking yards, but they usually break within a year. Then I have to pound on the door just above the latch while wiggling the key to get the door to unlock from the outside.

Bob and Penny Lee vw@gulbransen.com San Diego, CA '71 VW Bus White/Blue with sunroof '72 VW Super Beetle White Herbie '71 VW Bus Dark Blue with sunroof '72 VW Super Beetle Orange with sunroof

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