Subject: [Mgs] Help - Door won't latch

From: Jack Wheeler via Mgs <[email-masked]>
Date: Sat, 1 Dec 2018 22:56:51 +0000 (UTC)

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Happy holidays all.=C2=A0 I'm hoping someone may have had this same problem=
 and may be able to point me where to look, before I start just tearing thi=
ngs apart.=C2=A0 My driver's side door won't latch.=C2=A0 Since I bought th=
e car about 4 years ago, the button on the door has been hard to push in.=
=C2=A0 Then, about a week ago, I heard something click when I pushed it in,=
 and after that, the button was easier to push (like what I would consider =
normal).=C2=A0 Yesterday, I noticed the door would not latch.=C2=A0 I tried=
 pushing it real hard and got it to latch a couple of times, but now it won=
't latch at all.=C2=A0 I have to drive it one-handed, with one on the steer=
ing wheel and one on the door handle.
I suspect that I will ultimately have to take the door panel off, but if th=
ere is a quicker fix, I would sure like to hear about it.=C2=A0 Any suggest=
ions?
Thanks for your help.
Jack Wheeler

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lem and may be able to point me where to look, before I start just tearing =
things apart.&nbsp; My driver's side door won't latch.&nbsp; Since I bought=
 the car about 4 years ago, the button on the door has been hard to push in=
.&nbsp; Then, about a week ago, I heard something click when I pushed it in=
, and after that, the button was easier to push (like what I would consider=
 normal).&nbsp; Yesterday, I noticed the door would not latch.&nbsp; I trie=
d pushing it real hard and got it to latch a couple of times, but now it wo=
n't latch at all.&nbsp; I have to drive it one-handed, with one on the stee=
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Sounds like something has broken between the push-button and the latch.  =
Had it been stiff, then free and you couldn't open it from the outside =
then I'd have said it was the button or the lever on the latch.  But as =
it now won't latch at all then it has to be something in the lock.  Door =
trim off, disconnect the internal lock and latch rods from the lock, =
three screws, and the lock comes out.  Not really intended to be opened =
up, but this may help: http://www.mgb-stuff.org.uk/saga12.htm

BTW, always give the year as stuff like this varies, but the mention of =
'push-button' is a give-away.

PaulH.
  ----- Original Message -----=20
  ...  My driver's side door won't latch.  Since I bought the car about =
4 years ago, the button on the door has been hard to push in.  Then, =
about a week ago, I heard something click when I pushed it in, and after =
that, the button was easier to push (like what I would consider normal). =
 Yesterday, I noticed the door would not latch.  I tried pushing it real =
hard and got it to latch a couple of times, but now it won't latch at =
all.
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<DIV><FONT size=3D2>Sounds like something has broken between the =
push-button and=20
the&nbsp;latch.&nbsp; Had it been stiff, then free and you =
couldn't&nbsp;open it=20
from the outside then I'd have said it was the button or the lever on =
the=20
latch.&nbsp; But as it now won't latch at all then it has to be =
something in the=20
lock.&nbsp; Door trim off, disconnect the internal lock and latch rods =
from the=20
lock, three screws, and the lock comes out.&nbsp; Not really =
intended&nbsp;to=20
be&nbsp;opened up, but this may help: <A=20
href=3D"http://www.mgb-stuff.org.uk/saga12.htm">http://www.mgb-stuff.org.=
uk/saga12.htm</A></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=3D2>BTW, always give the year as stuff like this varies, =
but the=20
mention of 'push-button' is a give-away.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=3D2>PaulH.</FONT></DIV>
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  My driver's side door won't latch.&nbsp; Since I bought the car about =
4 years=20
  ago, the button on the door has been hard to push in.&nbsp; Then, =
about a week=20
  ago, I heard something click when I pushed it in, and after that, the =
button=20
  was easier to push (like what I would consider normal).&nbsp; =
Yesterday, I=20
  noticed the door would not latch.&nbsp; I tried pushing it real hard =
and got=20
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