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Need Help With Door Locks...
Posted by Sue Esponte [Email] (more from Sue Esponte) on Thu, 17 May 2007 06:10:20
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Okay folks, I just got a call from the current owner of the ’73 Sonett that I’m supposed to be picking up this weekend. He locked the car the other day and now he can’t unlock it. The key turns in each of the locks and acts like it should open but the mechanism feels very gummy.
A little background: The car has been garaged for, at least, the last 23 years that he’s owned it and has never seen rain or snow...until this week. The owner is moving overseas and since he’s running a yard sale he’s had to move the Sonett (and his other cars) out of the garage for the past week or so while he utilizes it to shelter the property he’s selling. Of course, as those of you on the East coast are aware, we’ve had a bit of rain this week.
The problem he’s experiencing sounds very similar to something that used to happen every year or so to an old BMW that I owned years ago. It happened in the Spring when the weather started to get hotter and almost always after a rain.
The short term cure I found was to inject WD40 into the locking mechanism by soaking the key and spraying the lock lightly. I had to reinsert and remove the key a number of times and also turn the key gently to work the WD40 into the lock. With some patience, the "gooey-ness" went away, the lock turned naturally without resistance and the locks opened.
I asked the owner to give it a shot this morning but I was wondering if any of you had any thoughts or experience with a similar (sounding) problem. Help!
-Eric
Posts in this Thread:
- Need Help With Door Locks..., Sue Esponte, Thu, 17 May 2007 06:10:20 <-- Viewing This Message
- Re: Need Help With Door Locks..., Larry, Thu, 17 May 2007 11:28:38
- Re: Need Help With Door Locks..., UpstateNY Bill , Thu, 17 May 2007 16:01:28
- OMG, that is WAY too funny..., Sue Esponte, Thu, 17 May 2007 19:07:05
- Re: OMG, that is WAY too funny..., UpstateNY Bill , Fri, 18 May 2007 13:32:56
- Re: OMG, that is WAY too funny..., Larry, Fri, 18 May 2007 17:12:30
- Wow, that IS an impressive project..., Sue Esponte, Wed, 23 May 2007 04:09:57
- Sounds like quite a project..., UpstateNY Bill , Mon, 21 May 2007 17:41:37
- Let's see if I can remember...., UpstateNY Bill , Sun, 20 May 2007 07:22:30
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