RE: [alfa] Spider door handle problem

["Jeff Greenfield" <alfaguy@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Terry -

This is a pretty common problem. You will need to remove the door panel and
get inside the door.

There is an arm on the back of the door handle that pushes on a lever to
open the door. If there is a bit of a gap between the arm on the back of the
door handle and the lever in the door when the handle is in its relaxed
(normal) position such that when you start to lift the handle it does not
make contact until the handle is moved almost through its entire travel,
then you have found the problem.

The fix is to simply bend the 'arm' in the door a bit so that it is closer
to the lever of the handle. While you are at put a little lithium grease on
the contact area between the two parts and all should be right with the
world.

In the meantime, be carerful yanking on the outer door handle to open the
door. Those handles have a habit of breaking ...

HTH,

Jeff

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-alfa@domain.elided [mailto:owner-alfa@domain.elided] On Behalf Of
terry_obrien@domain.elided
Sent: Wednesday, February 04, 2004 9:54 PM
To: alfa-digest@domain.elided
Subject: [alfa] Spider door handle problem

The driver side door on my '74 Spider doesn't want to open until the handle
is pulled way out... and even then it takes a little effort to open.  I've
checked that the weather stripping isn't catching it.  I'm wondering if it's
a function of the handle not functioning properly or the catch on the jamb.
Has anyone encountered this?  The passenger side door is a snap to open.

Thanks,

Terry O'Brien
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