help please another rover door daft question.. doors wont lock
Turbo Mini Forums

ok.. sorry for another daft door question

so they close fine line up nice, need a bit of a hard slam though.
problem is they wont lock with the key, the car was fully striped & i just finished rebuilding the car.

what have i not hooked up? or do i need to adjust something?

im a bit lost never played with mk3 minis' only mk1's, so a bit lost on a few small things..


help please!

Edited by NickG on 9th Sep, 2011.

I'm assuming the locks on the car are the same as the mk3's over here.

there is a lever arm that comes down from the handle and clips onto a metal rod on the lock/ latch within the door. I'll see if I can find a photo to help describe but in essence, the door wont lock if this is still disconnected

do the door lock from inside?

Done now needs redoing lol

This may help...

http://www.somerfordmini.co.uk/eshop/index...page=page&id=38

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Fusion-Fabri..._homepage_panel

www.fusionfabs.co.uk



1/4mile in 13.2sec @ 111 terminal on 15psi

thats a good point; i was thinking about outside operation.

Would be good if you can snap me a photo. They are mk3 doors. It's a Rover mlni.

I will try to lock from the inside when i get home.

if they lock from the inside and not the outside then this should be your problem

A Haynes manual shows an exploded view of how it all connects

I seriously doubt it!

Ok they both lock from the inside but not with the key. Lol..

I have missed something! Ideas?

You cant have connected the handle to the catch. Theres an arm that comes off the inside of the handle which needs to be connected to a rod on the latch

I seriously doubt it!

yes, as Paul has also noted, all you need to do is connect the lever from the handle to the lock. it should push on with a bit of force

There's also a circlip

is there? i thought it pushed on with the spring clip

The ones I took of my doors t'other day had C clips (not circlips, my bad).

Thanks Paul. This helped me work it out, when it cam back from the spray shop.

They must have taken the handles apart they are were assembled Wrong way around, once I worked that out, I fixed it up and worked out the catch and latches etc.

She now locks :) thanks.