Defender door stuck closed

**Captain_Rightfoot** · 3rd November 2019, 04:27 PM

Originally Posted by 4bee

I don't know either. You're there & I am here so have no idea what you can see & am just trying to go by your descriptions. You started off with the door not opening & now you have it open, so you are in a better position than anyone else here to look for a solution. Maybe it needs a clout with a BFOHammer &/or a screwdriver inserted somewhere to lever them apart?

Btw. No image posted.

DOH!

Sluggie the Defender: Rear Door Lock

**Captain_Rightfoot** · 3rd November 2019, 04:41 PM

Hazzah! Photos. Any tips on getting the bloody thing to release? Then to remove the lock barrel?

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Shared album - Stephen Amos - Google Photos

**Captain_Rightfoot** · 3rd November 2019, 05:04 PM

Yeah..got the striker out.

Now how to get the lock barrel out. :|

**4bee** · 3rd November 2019, 06:44 PM

Ah so. It's pretty much an Anti-Burst lock from a S3 & certainly nothing like the D1 lock I mentioned so should be much easier.

I guess somehow it comes apart ie. "It was put together by man so it should be able to be taken apart by one" Attributed to Bee.4 AKA William Wordsworth. 2019

Could be some rivets that need drilling out etc. Just be careful if it falls apart in your hand as there'd be springs & stuff I should imagine..

Good luck.

**4bee** · 3rd November 2019, 07:01 PM

Here you go, seems others have done the hard graft for you.

Barrel door lock removal

**Captain_Rightfoot** · 4th November 2019, 07:20 AM

Originally Posted by 4bee

Here you go, seems others have done the hard graft for you.

Barrel door lock removal

I did see that but couldn't see anything. I even looked up the manual. P35 of the Chassis and Body section points to pressing a pin and then rotating the barrel out. However neither my lock or the new one have the pin. I'll phone MR and report back.

**4bee** · 4th November 2019, 07:48 AM

Sounds like a trip to the local Locksmith may be in order then before the brown stuff hits the whirly thing.

**spudfan** · 4th November 2019, 09:51 AM

If the seat belt gets trapped between the lock and the striker you get the same problem. Check to see if there are marks on the seatbelt (it will be creased).
Also it could be the child lock activator on the side of the door playing up.
I have had a door stick owing to both of the above.

**Captain_Rightfoot** · 4th November 2019, 11:56 AM

Originally Posted by spudfan

If the seat belt gets trapped between the lock and the striker you get the same problem. Check to see if there are marks on the seatbelt (it will be creased).
Also it could be the child lock activator on the side of the door playing up.
I have had a door stick owing to both of the above.

Sorry - it's the rear door! The current problem is that I can't get the lock barrel out.

**barney** · 7th November 2019, 06:56 AM

I'll chime in.

On a recent trip, I had three defenders, my td5 90, a Puma 90 and a puma 110, all our back doors would not unlock. it was due to dust in the mechanism. I climbed through on mine and flicked the lock up - fixed, i did the same on the 110, but the other 90 had a cargo barrier, used an Umbrella to flick it up. I was briefly nicknamed "the Back-door Man"
Once I got them open, I sprayed the crap out of them with WD40.

But this doesn't sound like what your problem is.

A problem I get sometimes on my 90 is that the 2 stage latch on the rear door doesn't engage properly. The release handle on the outside has more movement than normal, it will travel about half way up before it engages. Normally it engages quite low in the recess.
I fix this by placing my hand on the outside of the door, as close to the locking mechanism as I can and give it a quick, hard shove and then you hear the latch click shut. You should then be able to unlock it as normal.
Don't know if this is your problem, but I hope it helps.

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