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« on: October 28, 2007, 13:34:46 »
Hi Guys, my rear door wont open without me holding up the the top switch as I open the door from the inside, its great for security but means I cant fit my dog guard.

Can anyone tell me the best place to get the spring from? I guessing thats whats gone anyway.
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« Reply #1 on: October 28, 2007, 13:51:52 »
i think there are some spring kits on ebay.i think that they do them for all 4 doors in one kit so i would be tempted to do all 4 in one go.i have never done it so im not speaking from experiance here but have heard its a real pig of a job mate so good luck
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« Reply #2 on: October 28, 2007, 13:54:04 »
pig doesnt cover it............... PAY someone to do it
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« Reply #3 on: October 28, 2007, 17:25:37 »
I have just bought a 5 door spring kit and I have looked at the instructions and all of a sudden the job has dropped right to the bottom of my to do list.

It looks one horrible fiddly grrrr job to do.
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« Reply #4 on: October 28, 2007, 17:42:56 »
Passenger door and tailgate gone on mine.

Passenger door done and something else broke. Tailgate spring is now somewhere on my to-do list below 'Sell car'
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« Reply #5 on: October 28, 2007, 17:47:57 »
Mine is the same, I have taken the cover off the rear door and looked at the mechanism, there is an expansion spring that should hold a part of the lock down, have a look for you self it may not be the sping inside the lock it may be this outer spring?

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« Reply #6 on: October 28, 2007, 18:30:34 »
Did my rear door - spring was about 99p on ebay - took 25 minutes to fit (hardly a 'mare of a job')
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« Reply #7 on: October 28, 2007, 19:41:42 »
Its not that bad of a job.
It would be a good idea to photopraph the lock linkages before you remove them though.
A few pictures can be seen here

http://www.wizardbilt.com/Door%20Spring%20Installation.htm


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« Reply #8 on: October 28, 2007, 20:43:27 »
Boot door and rear doors are okay, front doors are a b****d.

I have replaced all of mine at one time or another.

It took me 4 hours to do the front door (which basically has to be ripped apart just to get to the lock) and 20 mins to do the rear door.

The spring kit weren't available when my boot door went so I had to replace the whole lock mechanism (about £50).  The spring kits are staight forward.  I got mine off ebay.
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« Reply #9 on: October 28, 2007, 21:07:27 »
Quote from: "wizard"
Its not that bad of a job.
It would be a good idea to photopraph the lock linkages before you remove them though.
A few pictures can be seen here

http://www.wizardbilt.com/Door%20Spring%20Installation.htm


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If you have the RAVE CD for your bus then there are actually pretty good diagrams in there. Saved my bacon.
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« Reply #10 on: October 28, 2007, 23:58:02 »
Quote from: "Evilgoat"
Quote from: "wizard"
Its not that bad of a job.
It would be a good idea to photopraph the lock linkages before you remove them though.
A few pictures can be seen here

http://www.wizardbilt.com/Door%20Spring%20Installation.htm


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If you have the RAVE CD for your bus then there are actually pretty good diagrams in there. Saved my bacon.


Thanks guys, will have a look at it soon.
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« Reply #11 on: October 29, 2007, 08:42:54 »
the same wuth mine but also the rear door lock seems to be siezed, tried my own spring an that worked till i tried to lock it  :lol: this looks like it mite be my next job  :(
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Re: Rear Door Spring
« Reply #12 on: February 15, 2008, 14:02:06 »
Just to update you all on this, I ended up buying a new lock, I know lazy but at least it should be OK for awhile..... :)
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