Jim,
WARNING: The following message is devoid of any humor, so
delete here, or be disappointed with dry technical crap.
I took off my door handles and mechanism for painting, and
put them back together again. They worked well both before
and after, but I did learn something of their normal
operation, and some of the strange things I needed to do to
get it back correctly.
The direct answer to your question:" Can't get it to rotate
to the left past vertical. Is this normal? ' is no, it has
3 positions. Forward (lock), center (withdraw key), back
(unlock).
Trouble Shooting:
First, the locks. When the outside handle is off the car,
can you turn the cylinder in both directions (three
positions) with the key, and withdraw the key in the
vertical position? This test can be done with the handle
installed, and the linkage disconnected, to avoid binding by
other parts of the mechanism. There should be a small flat
triangular wedge-shaped piece, that rotates with the key,
attached to the lock cylinder on the inside of the handle
for connection with the bent actuating rod . If this doesn't
work, start here.
With the unit locked, the door button does not operate the
rotating wedge. Unlocked, the linkage rotates, if the
button is pushed. This will moves the bent linkage between
the door lock and the wedge ramp on the back face of the
door. This ramp is spring loaded against a jamb wedge, and
actually performs the locking.
Second, the front inside handle mechanism. There is a bent
flat strap between the inside door mechanism and the front
inside door handle. This strap is backed by burlap cemented
to the door and the inner door panel to hold it in place.
If these are not in place, the flat strap can bow,
decreasing it's ability to operate correctly. That strap
should move back and forth easily, but not far, with the
door inside handle. It connects to the actuating rod through
a toggle, and performs the same function as the outside
handle linkage. If not, look there.
The real locking of the door is accomplished in two
manners. They key allows/prevents the button from
activating the linkage to the door wedge lock,, as well as
doing the same thing with the inside handle to the lock
position.
This is a 'Mickey Mouse' design, but common. The use of
glued burlap and door panels may be common, but certainly
not elegant.
Hope this helps, more than it confuses. It's hard to
describe this complicated linkage without having the stuff
in front of you, so excuse the excess words.
--
Steve Laifman < One first kiss, >
B9472289 < one first love, and >
< one first win, is all >
< you get in this life. >
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