Door locking issues

Post by **micutzu** » 22 Nov 2004 10:26 pm

I have a 1986 340 DL Volvo. The sad part is that the front doors open only from the inside !!! the locking mecanism is broken. I've understood that this is a general Volvo 340 issue. Please give me an advise on what I could do to fix this because it's very frustrating. Otherwise the car is O.K.
Thanks,
Florian/ Romania

Post by **5lab** » 23 Nov 2004 12:08 am

take the interior door panels off and have a look - you should see some long metal rods that hook together. it is my suspicion that one of the rods is disconnected.

Post by **Azurael** » 23 Nov 2004 01:02 am

At least yours open at all

Post by **5lab** » 23 Nov 2004 01:08 am

you do the same lad, you'll probably be able to poke round enough to open the door

Post by **foggyjames** » 23 Nov 2004 02:36 pm

Surely the problem is that he can't remove them (because the doors are stuck shut) to look inside!

cheers

James

Post by **micutzu** » 23 Nov 2004 06:35 pm

Thanks for the replies. I can get in

by opening the back door, but i really need to strech in order to reach the right rear door, and open the car. I removed the front door panels and indeed the long metal rod that interconnects to something is broken ;((( I don't know really how to fix this, because the spare parts are so difficult to find.

Post by **Azurael** » 23 Nov 2004 07:45 pm

My door panels have been off for a long time, and everything's connected too. It's something in the catches themselves that's the problem...

Post by **foggyjames** » 23 Nov 2004 09:18 pm

Nothing a hefty kick won't fix

Try welding / brazing the pieces of rod back together. Failing that, if you can get a picture of the part, I'm sure someone could post one to you...

cheers

James