Robotsan
Club Member
My 280z has issues on both door locks, which essentially means I can't unlock the doors from the outside, even when the key has been used to supposedly unlock the doors. So I have to keep the windows down at all time, in order to release the door locks from the inside.
On the driver's door, the lock plunger knob/peg thing is quite loose, and it won't push down into the locked position. However, I can pull it up slightly in order to allow both the exterior and interior handles to open the door. In fact that's the only way I can open the driver's door.
On the passenger door, the lock knob/peg works nicely - you can push it down and it snaps into place to lock the door. However, as with the driver's door, even when the peg is up, you can't open the door from the outside, only from the inside.
Looking inside both doors, I can't really see a reason for the driver's side exterior handle not working.
But on the passenger side, the rod that connects the lock to the exterior handle appears to have broken off at the handle end:
Looking at the diagram in the How to Restore Your Z Car book, I think I can just replace the door handle assembly to fix this?:
The driver's side is more of a mystery, because the parts all seem attached, yet the lock knob doesn't snap into the lock position and the exterior handle doesn't work.
Perhaps the nylon nut on the end of the actuator rod needs to be further down the rod, like it suggests in the Haynes manual?:
Or perhaps I can just replace the entire main lock part circled here?:
Here's a video showing what I can see happening in the driver's door:
Any advice very welcome indeed!
On the driver's door, the lock plunger knob/peg thing is quite loose, and it won't push down into the locked position. However, I can pull it up slightly in order to allow both the exterior and interior handles to open the door. In fact that's the only way I can open the driver's door.
On the passenger door, the lock knob/peg works nicely - you can push it down and it snaps into place to lock the door. However, as with the driver's door, even when the peg is up, you can't open the door from the outside, only from the inside.
Looking inside both doors, I can't really see a reason for the driver's side exterior handle not working.
But on the passenger side, the rod that connects the lock to the exterior handle appears to have broken off at the handle end:
Looking at the diagram in the How to Restore Your Z Car book, I think I can just replace the door handle assembly to fix this?:
The driver's side is more of a mystery, because the parts all seem attached, yet the lock knob doesn't snap into the lock position and the exterior handle doesn't work.
Perhaps the nylon nut on the end of the actuator rod needs to be further down the rod, like it suggests in the Haynes manual?:
Or perhaps I can just replace the entire main lock part circled here?:
Here's a video showing what I can see happening in the driver's door:
Any advice very welcome indeed!
