Help with Lock problem, anyone ??

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roadiesean
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Help with Lock problem, anyone ??

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So I'm pulling the doors apart on my new '79 SC because the windows don't go up and the drivers (LHD) door won't lock. All gone well and I have the lock and it seems that the problem is the lever that starts in the middle and has a small spring to the lower left hand side of the photo.

Basically this lever controls an arm which goes into a slot which seems to stop the locking mechanism (the fork at the top right and the eyelet in the top left which feeds the bar that runs to the inside snob) from turning at all. The spring that you can see in the photo pulls it down into that slot, but there is nothing which pulls it back out.

I've pulled the right hand door apart and this door locks perfectly inside and out and it doesn't have that lever which pokes into the slot. If if pull the lever back, the door (left hand) works perfectly, but there seems to be nothing that is meant to pull it back.

Is this simply the wrong lock on the door (I think its had new doors at some point), or is there a problem with this lock ? I don't want to go and buy a new lock if I'm going to have the same problem, or if its something I can fix myself. It seems like I could permanently hold the lever back and the locks would work well, but I don't want to bugger it up either ! Douglas Valley have a lock that would work, but like I say, no need, more money for other things !!!

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The locks are date coded, I can see an 8, possibly a 7(?), if so it's from a 3.2 which had central locking and a different design where the handle actuates it.
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MY GOD NICK !! Is there nothing you don't know ???

Thanks mate, I'll go take a look. Bloody star you are.

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Nick the date stamp is 4 79 so I think it's the right one. Any ideas ???
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So the answer is that that lever is to ensure you don't lock your keys in the car, it will not work unless the door is closed. The problem was actually in the lock mechanism in the door handle. I swapped them from the left to right and it all works perfectly, even the door with the old lock in it ! Bizarre.
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