Fixed: 164 driver's door that wouldn't unlock

[xxx <remingtons@xxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks to the 4 or 5 people that replied to my posting barely 24 hours
ago. My '91 164 drivers door was locked and would not unlock. I got it
unlocked after about 25 minutes of experimenting. Kind of combining the
imputs from several of the replies I did the following:

- - Oiled the latch mechanism with WD-40, using a screw driver to hold the
rubber seal between the doors out of the way.
- - Banged on the lower door (plastic) with my knee to wiggle things up.
- - Used the key to lock/unlock in combination with pulling/pushing on the
lock knob.

After about 20 seconds of working the key and knob combination, the knob
finally came up all the way. Whew! That would have been quite a project
if that didn't work. One person said that keeping oil on the latch
mechanism (of any door) kept the problem away, especially during the wet
season. Another person thought that at about 92 Alfa came out with a
revised lock mechanism. 

Cheers,

Steve
'91 164B

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