door lock doesnt operate from key looks tricky inside ?

[ukmastiff]

Having stripped down the door and got the window working my next job is to hopefully get the door lock working.

It works with the same key as the other door/ignition which is handy and the key definately turns the drum ( I tried another key which wont so the lock works)
I have got as far as the picture above shows and was thinking some rod or lever will have come off. However having removed the c/locking solonoid and the backing plate behind it i see that the back of the door handle and lock appears to be hidden behind a thick window rail. Does anyone know how i get to the back of the lock drum and what sort of lever etc im looking for. I will look up clarkes if I have too but I suspect i'm not the first person here to try and get to the back of a passenger door lock !

I should add that a Google searh reveals an awful lot of people on Pelican etc who claim to have "tried the clarkes garage method" and given up after 20 hours of pain. Also lots of suggestions that the window will have to come out and that not being an easy job without specialist tools etc.

This is sounding a lot of trouble and i wonder if its why my lock has been left as is !


Regards Mas

 

[sulzeruk]

The small plastic link bar will probably have come off or broken Mas. Does the door still open on the exterior handle, it just doesn't lock from the key. You need to remove the door handle to get in to see it. If you take the phillips head screw out of the back of the door, pull the handle forward and then back and the handle should come away. Look down into the hole in the door and you will see the end of the barrel has a small roundish shaped bit of metal (about 15mm) in diameter that should have a metal pip and a small pstic link rod attached. This probably will be broken. You will need some long nose plier or a long screwdriver to push the link back on. They are a pain to change sometimes.
Alasdair

 

[ukmastiff]

I knew youd know []

You take too many 944s apart , yes it works from tbe handle.

On a serious note from what ive stripped should i be able to see that screw i cant seem to see the back of the barrel area its like its behind that window upright on the left as you look at the inside top left of the door.

Oh and ive lost the bloonin grub bolt that holds the plastic handle surround on inside the door panel very annoying
Does anyone know how to get one ?

Mas

 

[Chrishazle]

This may help- it's from a 968 but I believe they're similar.

https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B3FX3V_kb7JvNmEzYWFiOWQtNDliNi00YzIzLTk3OGUtZmQ3MWRkZDNkMzYz

 

[sulzeruk]

Very hard to see it as it is covered by the window runner, you need to pop the lock out. Which screw have you lost, I don't understand your description.
Alasdair

 

[944Scott]

I might have on of the screws you lost knocking around, are you trying to physically remove the barrel? if you are you reall want to take the handle off.

When I swapped to 968 handles I removed the runner (and the glass of course) you don't need a special tools but it is fiddly but very satisfying to complete, good excuse to regrease all the window mechanism at the same time.

 

[ukmastiff]

Forgetting the door lock for now , you know when you take the door interior trim panel off you have a little plastic surround around the 'interior door handle' I have lost the screw headed little bolt ( its actually a bolt rather than a screw) that secures that plastic surround. Really annoying as I laid out every single panel screw on the floor of the car in the order I took them out so I knew which ones went back where but that one screw/bolt has been lost

Thanks for the diagram I will keep it, I have put the door back together for now and will accept having fixed the window I'm going to concentrate all my efforts on the fumes problem as I now have rear belts and want to take the kids out properly which I cant do until I cure the fumes situation.

Regards Mas