240z Door not locking
Posted: Tue Nov 10, 2020 3:52 pm
Hi guys and gals
I took my girl for a WOF and she came back not being able to lock the driver's side door. After a good investigation I found there are three positions for the rotating lock mechanism when operational:
1 - door is open, cannot lock door. 2 - door is closed but half closed I think, cannot lock door. 3 - door is closed and able to be locked. I call it 'fully closed' When I started my fiddle with the door it would not lock in position 3 but after some screw swapping (short one to left bottom of the triangle for future reference) I managed to get the door lock to depress fully and engage while in position 3 with the door open and twisting the rotator with my hands - Great!
Now when I go to shut the door and test it in the real world the lock will not go down and engage.
I have come to the conclusion that the door is not fully closed and the lock is stuck in position 2 with about 2mm of turning required to reach position 3.
I used a marker as in the photos and peeked into the door gap to confirm this.
Questions:
Has anyone had this problem just pop up out of nowhere? What did you do?
Are there any points in the door that might be stopping it from closing as far as it needs to go that I can't see?
Is there an adjustment to bring the lock latch in or out that I'm not seeing?
Thanks in advance
I took my girl for a WOF and she came back not being able to lock the driver's side door. After a good investigation I found there are three positions for the rotating lock mechanism when operational:
1 - door is open, cannot lock door. 2 - door is closed but half closed I think, cannot lock door. 3 - door is closed and able to be locked. I call it 'fully closed' When I started my fiddle with the door it would not lock in position 3 but after some screw swapping (short one to left bottom of the triangle for future reference) I managed to get the door lock to depress fully and engage while in position 3 with the door open and twisting the rotator with my hands - Great!
Now when I go to shut the door and test it in the real world the lock will not go down and engage.
I have come to the conclusion that the door is not fully closed and the lock is stuck in position 2 with about 2mm of turning required to reach position 3.
I used a marker as in the photos and peeked into the door gap to confirm this.
Questions:
Has anyone had this problem just pop up out of nowhere? What did you do?
Are there any points in the door that might be stopping it from closing as far as it needs to go that I can't see?
Is there an adjustment to bring the lock latch in or out that I'm not seeing?
Thanks in advance