Date: Mon, 21 Feb 2005 10:19:06 -0000 From: "Mr Mike Nospam" <Mikenospamspam.co.uk> Subject: Re: SAAB 9000 CDE door lock problems
Thanks for the reply, Dexter. I'll give it a try, but as you say, I guess a clever Swede has done thikgs to make the job difficult. I may drive round to a local Saab trader and see whether I can extract some extra info from him, though I don't really want to part with any cash for this. :) Kind regards, Mike "Dexter J" <lamealameadingdongnospamlamelame.org> wrote in message news:opsme6q00bngtaownospam.eastlink.ca... > Salutations: > > On Fri, 18 Feb 2005 12:09:16 -0000, Mr Mike Nospam <Mikenospamspam.co.uk> > wrote: > > > On my SAAB the offside rear door won't open. > > > > Here are some symtoms: > > o From outside the handle moves properly, but doesn't open the door. > > > > o From inside the handle moves properly, but doen't open the door, but I > > can hear > > the mechanism towards the rear of the door moving, so some linkages are > > connected. > > > > o The up/down lock button is not properly connected to what it should be > > connected to. > > > > The trickiness is that as I can't open the door, I can't take the inner > > door > > panel off to see what is wrong. > > > > Any suggestions on how to open the door or how to remove the inner door > > panel with the door closed? > > > > Thanks, > > > > Mike > > You know what? > > That may be trickier than it at first sounds. Particularly if you and the > 9000 don't don't want to be sporting at a tatty seal for the rest of your > motoring lives together. > > I'll bet the rod is probably off the little arm on the mechanism on the > door (it's rattling when you move the handle - and like many things in a > SAAB - that can't be good). > > My best guess would be to try to get a 1/4 inch slim-jim down on the > inside of the glass - use a bit of baby powder or rub it on some dry soap > so it doesn't hang up on the rubber window seal. You would want to try to > get it astern the lock tab heading towards the door jab against the glass > by not forcing it down too hard and by using a slim-jim made of flat > spring or a highly rigid 1/16 round wire bent at the end with a 1 inch > hook. 1/8 is too much I think - it will bend the seal frame and leave a > gap. > > The inside of the latch is about 8 inches down. You'll know you're > scratching it as I don't remember anything else being attached on the door > jab around it. You should be able to find it by sound, then finger around > with the slim-jim until you hook on to the arm. You will want to close > your eyes and kind of follow the end in. You may have to withdraw and arc > the slim-jim a bit so it comes off the glass towards the inside of the car > to as I think the bit you want to grab is towards the inside of the > machine. > > However, some very clever Swede spent a lot of time thinking about just > exactly how to stop you trying to open the doors on the 9000 in any thing > other than the prescribed method and it may be that the latch arm is > tucked in somewhere. They are a rum bunch that way. > > Anyway, if I remember correctly from my last adventure in the door panel, > the rod is linked to a flat arm on a the inside side of the latch > mechanism and will pull towards the front of the car to trip the latch. My > unrelated adventure trying to fix a jumped power window cable was not as > successful as I had hoped, but the heavy tie wraps did manage to keep the > window closed using ring holes in the glass carrier after I messed up the > job. Here's wishing you better luck, you would do well to tread gently > while working in there. > > Think I'll pull my door panels in the spring and see about a little safety > wire in there. Thanks for posting in. Best of luck. > > -- > > Radio Free Dexterdyne Top Tune o'be-do-da-day > Universal Honey - Carey > http://www.dexterdyne.org/888/124.RAM > > all tunes - no cookies no subscription no weather no ads > no news no phone in - RealAudio 8+ Required - all the Time > > Dexter J's fab SAAB 900 for sale: > http://www.dexterdyne.org/310.HTM
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