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Date:         Mon, 19 Apr 1999 18:28:14 -0700
Reply-To:     Karl Wolz <wolzphoto@WORLDNET.ATT.NET>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Karl Wolz <wolzphoto@WORLDNET.ATT.NET>
Subject:      Re: hatch door difficult to latch
Comments: To: Bulley <gmbulley@BULLEY-HEWLETT.COM>
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I believe double latching locks are required by the Feds, and have been so since around the early sixties.

Karl Wolz

-----Original Message----- From: Bulley <gmbulley@BULLEY-HEWLETT.COM> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Date: Monday, April 19, 1999 4:32 PM Subject: Re: hatch door difficult to latch

>The reason for having two "clicks" to the lock is simple: Safety. > >It I recall correctly about two years ago, Chrysler had a problem with >their rear hatch on the minivan. The problem was, they used a single click >lock. The lock would pop open in rear end collisions. > >From I understanding, the two clips are there so that if you do not close >the door completely, at least one latch is still holding the door closed. > If both "clicks" are engaged, the latch is less likely to fail in an >accident. > >Hope this helps, > >G. Matthew Bulley >Bulley-Hewlett & Associates >www.bulley-hewlett.com >Cary, NC USA >888.468.4880 tollfree > > >-----Original Message----- >From: KENWILFY@AOL.COM [SMTP:KENWILFY@AOL.COM] >Sent: Monday, April 19, 1999 9:40 AM >To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM >Subject: Re: hatch door difficult to latch > >I was looking at the lock mechanism the other day. There isn't an >adjustment >on the mechanism itself (maybe on the lower part -the rod that sticks up). >The mechanism has two "steps". Anyone have any idea why it has two steps >instead of just one? My only guess is that incase the final step gets worn >out the first one might hold the door shut or maybe if you shut the door >without any force the first one would catch (though the door would be a >little loose). >The only other thing you might be having a problem with is either your rear >door seal (maybe it has come loose in some spot and is jamming between the >door and the body) or the rubber spacers in the two, bottom corners of the >door. These could be adjusted out too far (how this could happen I don't >know) and not allow the door to move close enough to the latch without >extra >effort. >Let me know what you discover. >Ken Wilford >Van-Again >John 3:16 >PS If I knew everything I would have won several lotteries and be emailing >you from my own personal island somewhere in the pacific. :) >


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