Thread: Fixing door lock spring thing on 90 RRC

hey nick this happened on my disco and was the actuator thing not pushing up enough. i had another disco here with the same problem that had an extra actuator fitted to push up and it worked well.
if it is the actuator - i have a few doors here your more than welcome to pinch some bit's off to try and sort it.

Originally Posted by taff

hey nick this happened on my disco and was the actuator thing not pushing up enough. i had another disco here with the same problem that had an extra actuator fitted to push up and it worked well.
if it is the actuator - i have a few doors here your more than welcome to pinch some bit's off to try and sort it.

I have this problem on two of my Disco doors, can it be adjusted?

Originally Posted by V8Ian

I have this problem on two of my Disco doors, can it be adjusted?

Last time I saw this Q .... Justinc had answered ... Replace with aftermarket actuator

Thanks Jason & Mike, the actuator seems to be working OK but there is this little spring down in the guts of the linkages near the lock that is broken and from what I can sus out it needs to be replaced. Its job seems to be to lift the button the last little bit so that the door unlocks properly. Jason I'll give you a call and come and check out one of your doors to see if its the same as the Rangie
Cheers
Nick

Gday Mike,
I had a disco commercial in the u.k. they had bars with plastic clips that seem to give after a while it was a case of changing them out, boy it was fun as it was the rear door and had a dog guard to get that unlocked ....i remember use of a broom handle came into play often ...but back to your question is it a spring or a bar in your RR ? if it is the little cheap arse bars like in defender and disco, i would suggest its a case of changing them out for new, although disco defender have different designs in retainers, it'll be a simple job that is a total tedious pain in the rectum, i have a landy mag with pictures of a rear side door build up from scratch i could scan and send that to you if its any chop regards andy

I had this problem with 3 of my door s on my disco and on all three it was just the spring that needed replacing replaced them and they have not missed a beat since.....I know thiis doesn't help you directly as it was a bitch of a job for us as well but thought I would write it as everyone seems convinced your not looking at the right thing. But I would assume that you have seen the borken spring with in the lock?

Ian acutally change mine in situ which is what made it hard on the disco....little bit of contorsion and bent needle nose plyiers where what were used

this is what Ian did for mine not a rangerover I'm sorry but may give you some ideas

http://www.aulro.com/afvb/projects-t...placement.html

Originally Posted by Nick S

Thanks Jason & Mike, the actuator seems to be working OK but there is this little spring down in the guts of the linkages near the lock that is broken and from what I can sus out it needs to be replaced. Its job seems to be to lift the button the last little bit so that the door unlocks properly. Jason I'll give you a call and come and check out one of your doors to see if its the same as the Rangie
Cheers
Nick

Exactly, I'll follow this thread with interest,
Thanks

Thanks Andy & Dullbird, had a look on the weekend, pulled the trim and took out the door handle and I could see the broken little spring way down on a lever near the door lock if you looked through the door handle hole with a torch. Looks like the whole window frame needs to come out so that the door lock can come out to get to the little bugger. Question is how to pull the window frame off? Might need to talk to some of the surgeons at work to see if I can borrow some really long forceps and an endoscope otherwise the window frame has to come off.