[doc] Re: Doors and Idle speed

["Mike Bosworth" <mike.bosworth@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

--- In doc-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Paul" <willinot@...> wrote:
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> Hi
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> Im having problems with the passenger side door in that the 
central locking
> switch does not seem to unlatch the front catch so when I try to 
open the
> door it only releases the rear.  I have tried adjusting the rods 
in the door
> but to no avail.

Have you adjusted the door rods /links etc as per the manual? Its 
quite an in depth procedure writen in there and i felt quite easy to 
follow through with the car in front of me . Is the door lock 
solenoid set up correctly to activate the 'contact wiper arm' and 
are the electrical connecting points clean? Have you replaced / 
looked at your door lock solenoid, perhaps it is on its way out and 
not 'man enuf' to do both front and rear locks. Pain i know but you 
could swap each door solinoid over and see if thats the case??

Its one of those jobs that you really need to look at to sort out 
properley, if its all set up correctly IMO i would suggest your door 
solinoid needs refurbing.


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> The only way I can open the door now is to unlock the door and at 
the same
> time pull back the lower rod (to the front lock) by gaining access 
through
> the pull handle.  This allows the lock to be completely unlatched 
and then
> open as normal while holding the door lock switch in the unlocked 
position
> cos otherwise it moves as I pull the door handle.
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> This only started out of the blue the other day and I have tried 
adjusting
> everything I can find to rectify it.




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> Any Ideas cos although it was funny watching my friend physically 
crawl
> hands first out from the drivers side ;-) I its really stumped me.
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> Another problem Im having is the throttle is holding the engine at 
around
> 2ooorevs unless I jab the pedal in which case it returns to under 
1000.  I
> have managed to work out that the spring (under the air filter) 
that returns
> the throttle to rest seems a bit weak but don't know how I can 
adjust it if
> at all possible.

Could be a 'badly' ajusted throttle set up, info on how to set up 
again from scratch on here :-

http://www.dmcnews.com/Techsection/idlespeed.html

The spring on the spool can be made 'tighter' but i would suggest 
doing this procedure first. 



Kind Regards

Mike
#2001/ 403

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