[Shotimes] Door Lock

[George Fourchy]

On Thu, 24 Apr 2003 12:54:36 -0700 (PDT), Ron Childs wrote:

> black washer kinda thing about the size of a nickel fell off the door from below the latch area on the painted part of the door, left of the reflector on the door panel. After that, my driver door power lock stopped working, although the key still works. 

I can't think of any black washer things, but I can think of the rivet that holds
the lock solenoid bracket to the inside of the door.  That is right around there, or
maybe a little lower.  Are you able (can you) take off the door panel to look at the
guts of the door?  The lock solenoid is down at the very bottom of the lower half of
the door, as far back as you can go.  It is black plastic and metal, with a rubber
boot over part of the actuator rod.  If the rivet has fallen out, you can replace it
with a bolt.....I do that whenever I replace a solenoid.  

(They're 10 bucks at the yard, and 95 new.  I'd start collecting them if I were all
of you!!  I've changed 3 or 4 already.   Rear doors are HARD!!!!  You have to remove
ALL of the window and latch linkage to get to them, because of the curve for the
wheelwell.)

That's what I'd bet it is....your solenoid has come loose from the door and has no
leverage to push and pull the button.

George