Recently I discovered an issue with my driver's side door lock. I almost never use it, because I usualy do not have the targa top on, and so thier is no point on locking the door - anyone can just reach in over the window and pull up on the door locking knob.
Anyway, while repairing the slow window issue on the passenger side (required restringing the entire window) I decided to lubricate the lock, and so when I replaced the door edge lamp on the driver's side I figured I should do the same. At this point I noticed that the driver's side lock does not return to center when turning the key - this means that you have to fiddle with the key to get the lock to stay down, and be able to remove the key.
Anyway, I decided that this would drive me nuts, so I removed the door card (yet again!) and then unbolted the door lock (below picture of passenger side, forgot to take driver side photo)
When I removed the lock I found the issue. There is a return spring that wraps around the lock assembly, and the ends of the spring stick through the shell into the plug. When the plug is rotated from center, either one side or the other of the return spring gets engadged, trying to pull it back to center. One arm of the return sptring had sheared off, right at the bend.
To repair it I first cleaned off all the old, accumulated grease with brake cleaner and then slid the return spring out of the slot and off the end of the barrel. I then bent a new arm (of about 5.5mm) in the spring right where it had sheared. I then slid it back over the barell, and engadged each end of the spring. Beacuse the spring is very slightly shorter (around 10mm) it is probably very slightly harder to turn, but this is not in any way noticialbe (and the spring has probably lost some of it's tension over time, so this cancels out :-))
I then sprayed the keyway with dry lube, and the whole body with spray lithium. A small bit of RTV silocone goes on the head / barrel nut to try keep it all waterproof, and done!
Some photos of the repaired lock:
I recently got a 1980 Ferrari 308GTSi, primarily as a restoration and project car.
I first fell in love with Ferraris from watching Magnum P.I, and this is the Magnum car, so...
I've put up some photos of the car here and some of the work photos here
I'm planning on making sub-pages with details on some of the repairs for others.
I've been trying to keep a list of what all I've done to it. I've managed to forget many of the things (many of them are a "while I'm in here I might as well just..." type events). Here is an initial list, from April 2014 to August 2014:
| What |
| Changed drivers's rear outside brake caliper. |
| Bled brakes (drivers rear only, purchaced caliper adjuster covers) |
| Installed Edelbrock/Russell Speed Bleeders on rear calibers |
| Removed handbrake pully mechanism, disassembled, cleaned and lubed |
| Painted rear emblems. |
| Removed driver's door panel, lubricated the window motor / mechanism, cleaned window switch contacts. |
| Cleaned signal / headlight contacts. |
| Removed driver's seat, fixed seat rails (slider mechanism / bearing worn, removed bearings) |
| Removed and clean shift knob, removed and polished shift gate. |
| Removed tail lights, disassembled and cleaned |
| Installed JVC KD-NX5000 Single DIN NAV system |
| Installed replacement powered radio antenna |
| Removed and cleaned battery connectors, grounds in front trunk, repaied battery cutoff switch. |
| Made new spare wheel tie down (McMaster Carr) |
| Installed Dynamat in trunk, cleaned and repaied sound insulation / heat stuff |
| Reglued trunk carpets (rear, light covers, etc) |
| Redid the trunk weather stripping (replace sometime?) |
| Painted exhaust / cat cover |
| Removed and painted pedals |
| Disconnected cold start air valve |
| Cleaned contacts on Magneti Marelli MED 801A Digiplex (ECUs) |
| Cleaned contacts on ignition coils |
| Installed new fuel accumulator. Discovered frayed fuel hose. |
| Installed new LED headlights |
| Installed new braided steel tank to pump fuel line |
| Replaced clock. |
| Removed and painted plenum |
| Removed and cleaned throttle body |
| Replaced fuel lines from fuel distributor to the injectors on bank 1 |
| Replaced all fuel injectors - reused injector seals |
| Replaced the oil sender unit. |
| Replaced oil filter / oil / crush washer |
| Replaced fuel lines from fuel distributor to the injectors on bank 2 |
| Drove Bluemont to Dulles |
| Drove Father's Day carshow. |
| Fixed fiberglass in passender door card (so card stays on better) |
| Installed Dynamat in passenger door card |
| Restrung and relubricated the passenger side window. Now closes fully! |
| Installed new door edge warning lights |
| Adjusted passenger door lock / locking mechanism |
| Installed stainless steel braided brake lines, bled brakes. |
| Installed new front and rear brake pads |
| Painted and reinstalled undertray |
| Adjusted handbrake cable |
| Replaced fuel filler hose (Gates 23976), cleaned up filler neck, cap, vent tubes |
| Cleaned and painted passenger fron suspension arms |
| Created battery tie down plate, bolted down battery. |
| Installed new battery cut-off switch |
| Adjusted clutch cable, took up slack and lubricated cable (now doesn't have odd detent!) |
| Installed new duct to airbox boot. |
| Installed Verell's shifter bushing |
| Repaired driver's door lock spring. |
