Mick Cliff
Well-Known Forum User
A bit of help please.....
Of the two door locks on my '73 240z one works (after a fashion) and the second nearly works.
On the passenger door (left side) the push/pull lock button on top of the door works fine but the key operated cylinder lock does not work. The lock cylinder turns each way - CW and ACW - but does not operate the linkage on the lock case. Everything appears to be there - rods, levers etc - but the lock cylinder can be turned each way with about 90 degrees of 'slack' (i.e. the cylinder does not rotate the lever that, in turn, pulls or pushes the rod that operates the locking mechanism). As such it does not push/pull the locking mechanism.
I can't see any way of tightening up the cylinder/lever interface to remove this 'slack'. The lever looks to be retained by a circlip so I assume there's a groove in the cylinder extension to seat the circlip.
Any ideas for a cure?
The drivers side (right) JUST works but there does seem to be some 'slack' in there too. I haven't exposed the inner workings of that door,,,, yet!
Oh! Re-fitting the spring clip that retains the window winding handle can be politely defined as 'character building'!
Of the two door locks on my '73 240z one works (after a fashion) and the second nearly works.
On the passenger door (left side) the push/pull lock button on top of the door works fine but the key operated cylinder lock does not work. The lock cylinder turns each way - CW and ACW - but does not operate the linkage on the lock case. Everything appears to be there - rods, levers etc - but the lock cylinder can be turned each way with about 90 degrees of 'slack' (i.e. the cylinder does not rotate the lever that, in turn, pulls or pushes the rod that operates the locking mechanism). As such it does not push/pull the locking mechanism.
I can't see any way of tightening up the cylinder/lever interface to remove this 'slack'. The lever looks to be retained by a circlip so I assume there's a groove in the cylinder extension to seat the circlip.
Any ideas for a cure?
The drivers side (right) JUST works but there does seem to be some 'slack' in there too. I haven't exposed the inner workings of that door,,,, yet!
Oh! Re-fitting the spring clip that retains the window winding handle can be politely defined as 'character building'!