Mike Harman's Journal

As we are in lockdown still it has been a chance to fix little problems on Lil Blue. Anyway the previous owner had sprayed fish-o-lene (rust stopper) every where inside the door panels and as a result the drivers door lock wasnt working.I removed the door card and then the lock, while trying to remove the E clip that holds the lockinb bar on I managed to break the tit off that works the lock bar.
Head scratching and a bit of Kiwi injurnuity and it was fixed.
This is how I repaired the lock.first I found a 2mm ht bolt in my collection then drilled the barrel end to take this bolt with a little bit of effort winding it in so that it cut a thread into the muck metal barrel.then i shaped the end to fit through the lock bar slot I also shaped a nut the same. once this was done I put the nut onto the bolt and put the lock bar on to the nut screwing the nut down just enough to put the E clip in between the bolt head and the nut as this was going to be up against the barrel with a washer as it was before this would hold the bar in place. Then I measured the amount that I would have to shorten the bolt by did this and checked that it would fit etc. used locktite 245 on the bolt into the barrel and waited for this to set then I put the lock plate on over the bolt head and onto the nut. remember that I had allowed for the E clip this is important as I then put this in place and tightened the nut up to it.Then I made sure that it all lined up and worked , then I put some solder onto the nut to make sure that it will not come loose.
Hey presto it works really well so if any of you have trouble with your door locks this is just one way to fix them and get alot of satisfaction from acheiving it'
Ps Lil Blue is a 65 model with pull handles.