Thread: Disco Td5 locks, help needed

Hi
My RH passenger door is lazy,but a press of the dash unlock button fixes it.
Have you tried this????
I havent been game enough to start pulling the door apart yet.
Andrew

my rear door (door 5) is a little fubared i sometimes have to use 2 hands to squeeze the handle...... so i am interested as well!!

<span style="color:blue">sounds like a case of lube and adjust......
lube the linkages and makes sure they are adjusted correctly....
the door lock solenoids do not have enough power to lock or unlock
if they are not set up in the right position.....they need to rest in the centre
of their travel distance....</span>

I had a problem with my rear lock in Coober Pedy after a trip from the Flinders up to Oodnadatta and back down - I found it would not open.

For a day or two before hand it would only unlock from the control on the dash.

Full of dust...

I good belt from the outside on the plastic handle managed to shake the dust free and get it open.. I then DROWNED it in CRC... basically flushed it through... No drama after that until a couple of months later - had similar symptoms - again gave it a big flush through and all is good again.


Glad we fixed it at Coober Pedy..... for a while there it looked like I was climbing over tha back seat every time I wanted a beer 8O 8O 8O

Mark

Had trouble all over the place with Defender door thingys, keyed, not remote, sprayed the bejabbers out of the lot of them with Inox or the dreaded wd40, shhh, don't tell. It may attract more dust, but made the locks work again, had a bugger of time getting the spray off the rest of the truck, but there you go.

Cheers
Simon

Originally posted by Bytemrk

Glad we fixed it at Coober Pedy..... for a while there it looked like I was climbing over tha back seat every time I wanted a beer 8O 8O 8O

Mark

<span style="color:blue">you gotta learn the trick to that....
i will teach you...very easy.....



locate the window nearest the beer....and leave it open..... </span> :wink:

Good day guys,
The centre unlock button does not unlock the back door, you can hear it go but nothing happens, will check out the driver door later today.

The big question is, do I buy a new lock and linkages for the back door. I've had it open, even took the lock right out, cleande it and lubbed it. still same problem, new lock is $230 so if I can fix it otherwise it would be great.

Thanks for all your help so far

Happy mountaneering!!
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WD40 sprayed into the lock and flick the lock, by that i mean pull it then let it go so it returns sharply, this has happend to ours it is jammed inside and flicking the lock several times even banging it with your hand should loosen it up you can lock and unlock the car several times as well, i also took the panel off and sprayed liberally inside too.

It worked for us, with luck it will work for you.

Baz.