My electric latches havn't given any trouble. I will hold off changing
to air latches until they act up, or until I have the door skins off for
full door restoration, whichever comes first. Of course saying that
probably jinxed them. uh-oh. One of those pesky door wires already had
to be shortened due to corrosion.
George
khand1486@earthlink.net wrote:
>If you're lucky...no! Tanner did mine with the skins off while doing the
>restoration...
>
>I helped John Martin install his a couple of years ago and you can do it IF
>nothing obstructs the pathway inside the door between the latch and the upper
>door where the original wire transitioned between the door and the roof. In
>John's installation, one door took literally just a minute to feed the airline
>through the door. The other one, was a real son-of-a-bitch! If I remember
>correctly we ended up taking a coat hanger and straightening it out so we
>could run it from the top of the door to the latch trying to clear whatever it
>was that was in the way. After about an hour or more of twisting and shoving
>the coat hanger, we finally got it done.
>
>Kevin Hand
>#462
>
>-----Original Message-----
>
>
>>From: George Curley <glcurley@aol.com>
>>Sent: Feb 7, 2006 8:16 AM
>>To: google Eyes <maureen__wadden01@hotmail.com>
>>Cc: bricklin@autox.team.net
>>Subject: Re: (no subject)
>>
>>Don't you have to remove the door skin to route the air hose and install
>>the latches?
>>
>>
>>maureen__wadden01@hotmail.com wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>>There,s been a lot of talk lately about the air door system vs the
>>>hydraulic system . Question i bought the complete air door system
>>>,haven,t installed it yet . I was wondering about the air door latch
>>>vs the original electric door solonoid . I was at Terry Tanners shop
>>>couple years back seen them installed . They seem fairly easy to
>>>install , compared to the original are they a lot better . I have had
>>>the original ones stick before Thanks in advance
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