Doors cannot be opened from outside of car, broken nylon outer door handle lock inserts |
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Doors cannot be opened from outside of car, broken nylon outer door handle lock inserts |
davesporsche1 |
Jul 18 2011, 11:45 AM
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Newbie Group: Members Posts: 3 Joined: 3-January 11 From: Lake Havasu City, AZ Member No.: 12,560 Region Association: None |
The doors on my 914 are closed and the windows are up. The nylon outer door handle lock inserts are broken and the doors cannot be opened from the outside. Does anyone have any ideas how I may get a door opened so that I can repair the door handle without breaking a window? I know from past experience that the doors can be opened from inside the car. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/confused24.gif)
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r_towle |
Jul 18 2011, 12:01 PM
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Custom Member Group: Members Posts: 24,591 Joined: 9-January 03 From: Taxachusetts Member No.: 124 Region Association: North East States |
two coat hangers twisted together.
Put a loop on the end. You are aiming for the opposite side inner door handle. It takes time, but it can be done. Go in via the top back corner of the window, up high. Rich |
KELTY360 |
Jul 18 2011, 03:01 PM
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914 Neferati Group: Members Posts: 5,037 Joined: 31-December 05 From: Pt. Townsend, WA Member No.: 5,344 Region Association: Pacific Northwest |
two coat hangers twisted together. Put a loop on the end. You are aiming for the opposite side inner door handle. It takes time, but it can be done. Go in via the top back corner of the window, up high. Rich (IMG:style_emoticons/default/agree.gif) I had to do this at the 1st IROC run at Riverside Raceway (R.I.P) with my brand new '73 1.7. Because the race was run with identical 911 RSRs the lot was filled with Porsche owners and everybody who passed by while I was working the coat hangers would try their keys in the lock. I finally got it open with the hangers but it took a lot of patience. |
andys |
Jul 18 2011, 03:39 PM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 2,165 Joined: 21-May 03 From: Valencia, CA Member No.: 721 Region Association: None |
(IMG:style_emoticons/default/agree.gif) I had to do this at the 1st IROC run at Riverside Raceway (R.I.P) with my brand new '73 1.7. Because the race was run with identical 911 RSRs the lot was filled with Porsche owners and everybody who passed by while I was working the coat hangers would try their keys in the lock. I finally got it open with the hangers but it took a lot of patience. I too was at the first IROC at RIR; that was in '73 huh? What was the feature race? CanAm maybe? Lot's of fond memories of that place! Andys |
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