Re: New Scirocco In My Driveway!

[Sean Martin <smartin@ntl.sympatico.ca>]

Norman Tallant wrote:

> I already have a small mechanical problem however that maybe y'all can
> help me with:  There's a little piece of metal the lives on the side of
> the door (part of the latch?) about the size of a silver dollar with a
> groove on it.  It pivots upand down according to whether or not the door
> is open.... it seems to be spring loaded and the groove slides on to the
> "post" on the door frame.  Does this make sense?  Well, on my passenger
> door the spring action doesn't seem to be there so when you open the
> door the piece swings all the way down and then you can't close the door
> without engaging the door handle and moving the part back with your
> other hand.  It locks into place again after you release the door
> handle, buy it's kinda annoying anyways.  Does anyone know how to fix
> this?

I've had the same problem last month.  You have to replace the whole
mechanism.  It should only take about 20 minutes.  Most (in my experience)
latch mechanisms will work ok, but they won't lock with a key.  There is a
small tab on the lever on Scirocco's but not on Rabbits or Jettas. If you
glued a tab onto a rabbit latch mechanism it could work.  You'll need a 7 or
6mm allen key, and a flathead screwdriver to do the swap.  Good luck.

Sean Martin.
87 8V



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