Re: [MBZ] 210 door latch not catching
I do agree with whoever suggested that you lube the heck out of it before you start moving things around. Randy On 01/10/2019 11:05 PM, Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes wrote: Yeah that’s what I’m thinking. I’ll check it out tomorrow --FT Sent from iPhone On Oct 1, 2019, at 5:21 PM, Randy Bennell via Mercedes wrote: My thought was sort of along the lines of, if the part facing you looks worn, then move it forward towards you a hair to make up for the spot where it looks a bit worn. Randy On 01/10/2019 4:05 PM, Floyd Thursby via Mercedes wrote: Well it might be but hard to tell. Seems like the catch on the door frame is just pushing the little movable latch part enough to engage it, I guess that could be due to wear. -_FT On 10/1/19 4:55 PM, Randy Bennell via Mercedes wrote: On 01/10/2019 2:55 PM, Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes wrote: The driver door latch on this 99 $600E320 is not grabbing when door is closed. If I push the outside just a bit right at the latch it will catch. The mechanism moves freely so that works ok. Which part do I need to adjust, very very slightly, the latch in the door or the catch on the frame? --FT ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] 210 door latch not catching
Yeah that’s what I’m thinking. I’ll check it out tomorrow --FT Sent from iPhone > On Oct 1, 2019, at 5:21 PM, Randy Bennell via Mercedes > wrote: > > My thought was sort of along the lines of, if the part facing you looks worn, > then move it forward towards you a hair to make up for the spot where it > looks a bit worn. > > Randy > >> On 01/10/2019 4:05 PM, Floyd Thursby via Mercedes wrote: >> Well it might be but hard to tell. Seems like the catch on the door frame >> is just pushing the little movable latch part enough to engage it, I guess >> that could be due to wear. >> >> -_FT >> >>> On 10/1/19 4:55 PM, Randy Bennell via Mercedes wrote: On 01/10/2019 2:55 PM, Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes wrote: The driver door latch on this 99 $600E320 is not grabbing when door is closed. If I push the outside just a bit right at the latch it will catch. The mechanism moves freely so that works ok. Which part do I need to adjust, very very slightly, the latch in the door or the catch on the frame? --FT >>> >>> >>> Does it appear to be worn? >>> >>> Randy >>> >>> >>> ___ >>> >>> >>> > > > ___ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] 210 door latch not catching
My thought was sort of along the lines of, if the part facing you looks worn, then move it forward towards you a hair to make up for the spot where it looks a bit worn. Randy On 01/10/2019 4:05 PM, Floyd Thursby via Mercedes wrote: Well it might be but hard to tell. Seems like the catch on the door frame is just pushing the little movable latch part enough to engage it, I guess that could be due to wear. -_FT On 10/1/19 4:55 PM, Randy Bennell via Mercedes wrote: On 01/10/2019 2:55 PM, Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes wrote: The driver door latch on this 99 $600E320 is not grabbing when door is closed. If I push the outside just a bit right at the latch it will catch. The mechanism moves freely so that works ok. Which part do I need to adjust, very very slightly, the latch in the door or the catch on the frame? --FT Does it appear to be worn? Randy ___ ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] 210 door latch not catching
Well it might be but hard to tell. Seems like the catch on the door frame is just pushing the little movable latch part enough to engage it, I guess that could be due to wear. -_FT On 10/1/19 4:55 PM, Randy Bennell via Mercedes wrote: On 01/10/2019 2:55 PM, Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes wrote: The driver door latch on this 99 $600E320 is not grabbing when door is closed. If I push the outside just a bit right at the latch it will catch. The mechanism moves freely so that works ok. Which part do I need to adjust, very very slightly, the latch in the door or the catch on the frame? --FT Does it appear to be worn? Randy ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com -- --FT ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] 210 door latch not catching
On 01/10/2019 2:55 PM, Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes wrote: The driver door latch on this 99 $600E320 is not grabbing when door is closed. If I push the outside just a bit right at the latch it will catch. The mechanism moves freely so that works ok. Which part do I need to adjust, very very slightly, the latch in the door or the catch on the frame? --FT Does it appear to be worn? Randy ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] 210 door latch not catching
Thanks. It seems to be moving quite freely but I will try some cleaning and lube first before I start moving bits around. --FT On 10/1/19 4:10 PM, G Mann via Mercedes wrote: First, lube the latch and all moving parts.. then open and close the door several times. Might just be sticky. Then, take a sharp lead pencil and draw a line along the back of the frame latch, to make a reference line for how much you adjust it. [if you still need adjustment].. then, adjust as necessary from the line you just made. Worst case, you can always go back to the line and start over. On Tue, Oct 1, 2019 at 12:56 PM Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: The driver door latch on this 99 $600E320 is not grabbing when door is closed. If I push the outside just a bit right at the latch it will catch. The mechanism moves freely so that works ok. Which part do I need to adjust, very very slightly, the latch in the door or the catch on the frame? --FT Sent from iPhone ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com -- --FT ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] 210 door latch not catching
First, lube the latch and all moving parts.. then open and close the door several times. Might just be sticky. Then, take a sharp lead pencil and draw a line along the back of the frame latch, to make a reference line for how much you adjust it. [if you still need adjustment].. then, adjust as necessary from the line you just made. Worst case, you can always go back to the line and start over. On Tue, Oct 1, 2019 at 12:56 PM Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > The driver door latch on this 99 $600E320 is not grabbing when door is > closed. If I push the outside just a bit right at the latch it will catch. > The mechanism moves freely so that works ok. Which part do I need to > adjust, very very slightly, the latch in the door or the catch on the > frame? > > --FT > Sent from iPhone > ___ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
[MBZ] 210 door latch not catching
The driver door latch on this 99 $600E320 is not grabbing when door is closed. If I push the outside just a bit right at the latch it will catch. The mechanism moves freely so that works ok. Which part do I need to adjust, very very slightly, the latch in the door or the catch on the frame? --FT Sent from iPhone ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
