[Shotimes] "Door Ajar" light (reprise)
Mike.Wojton@us.o-i.com
Mike.Wojton@us.o-i.com
Fri, 11 Apr 2003 09:13:15 -0400
It isn't that kind of switch. It mounts on the end of a pin or
something that pivots or moves. It's not easy to see, and even
harder to reach. I had to use a mirror and flashlight just to
see it. I tore up my hand unplugging the wire. Maybe it works
by grounding. It only had one wire going to it and it had a black
stripe. Sounds like a ground to me. I may play with it some more
at a later date. For now I'm just glad I don't have to look at
the light anymore.
Mike Wojton
Toledo, Ohio
-'95 Green MTX 3/01-1/03
ShoShop y-pipe
-'95 White MTX
'96 Brake Upgrade
None of us is as dumb as all of us.
"Ian Fisher" <ianf@eden.rutgers.edu> wrote on 04/11/2003 08:58:51 AM:
> Take a look at what is supposed to strike that switch when the door is
> closed. Is it aligned or missing?
>
> Ian
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: shotimes-admin@autox.team.net
> [mailto:shotimes-admin@autox.team.net] On Behalf Of
> Mike.Wojton@us.o-i.com
> Sent: Friday, April 11, 2003 8:47 AM
> To: shotimes@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: [Shotimes] "Door Ajar" light (reprise)
>
>
> Well, here's what I did yesterday. Pulled the interior panel off of the
> most likely candidate (one of 2 doors I unstuck the day this all
> started), spayed everythig from the inside. Sort of. There's not much
> room to get my big hand in there. Still nothing.
>
> There is indeed some kind of switch in there mounted on some part of the
> latch mechanism. I unplugged it to inspect the connection. The original
> grease that was in the plug is still there, so I'm guessing the
> connection is ok. I couldn't find any way to get the switch off. My
> guess is it's not designed to be replaceable. And probably wasn't
> expected to ever fail. But I found that by unplugging it, the light
> goes off. Fine with me. The light does still work if any of the other
> doors are opened, but the light doesn't come on at startup. But I can
> live with that.
>
>
> Mike Wojton
> Toledo, Ohio
>
> -'95 Green MTX 3/01-1/03
> ShoShop y-pipe
>
> -'95 White MTX
> '96 Brake Upgrade
>
> None of us is as dumb as all of us.
>
>
>
> shotimes-admin@autox.team.net wrote on 04/11/2003 01:21:04 AM:
>
> > Maybe spray them again and wait?
> >
> > Saturday, I had a back door latch hanging up and I sprayed Mobil 1 in
> the
> > spray can on all of the latches. The "door ajar" lite comes on, so I
> hit
> > them again. Still get the damn lite. Well now on Thursday all is OK.
> The
> > lite is off and all of the doors latch just great..
> >
> > Jim White - greensho@crown.net
> > Valparaiso, Indiana
> > '93 5 SPEED 278k few mods
> > '95 5 SPEED 241k lots of mods
> >
> > "double clutch" it's good for both you and your SHO
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: <Mike.Wojton@us.o-i.com>
> > To: <shotimes@autox.team.net>
> > Sent: Thursday, April 10, 2003 8:56 AM
> > Subject: [Shotimes] "Door Ajar" light (reprise)
> >
> >
> > > So I sprayed the beejeezus out of my door latch mechanisms in an
> > > attempt to unstick whatever is stuck and get the "door ajar" light
> > > to go off to no avail. I guess I'm going to have to remove the door
>
> > > panels one by one and check them out from the inside. There has to
> > > be some kind of a switch in there that might have gone bad.
> > >
> > > Meanwhile, the inside of the car stinks to high heaven like Liquid
> > > Wrench. I'm getting a headache just thinking about it.
> > >
> > >
> > > Mike Wojton
> > > Toledo, Ohio
> > >
> > > -'95 Green MTX 3/01-1/03
> > > ShoShop y-pipe
> > >
> > > -'95 White MTX
> > > '96 Brake Upgrade
> > >
> > > None of us is as dumb as all of us.
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