who els has issue's with door latches freezing

[NashMan]

well we got a big snow dump down here and freezing weather

well my freakign door latch allw asy freezes up now one fo my door laches is busted thanks to my dad trying to move my car and ripping on the door to open it

teh passger does the same thing as well i ahve never really ever had an issue wiht my mk3 or any of my other cars is my car just heep of crap


ps i drive around still holding my door shut wiht one arm and and shift plus i have manule streeing



i think it is time to shoot this car in head and barey it and mabye look for better one

one with more then 70 hp dyno proven for shit and giggel's

[scorpmatt]

Didn't have that issue when we got hit with our cruddy freezing/snow weather this past week. Did end up with frozen water on my truck's engine which caused the water pump to freeze which caused my alt belt to burn itself on the pulley and the snap. Smokey for sure. :)

[85midnightsupra]

well over here in chicago, a system just passed that gave us snow,sleet,rain,high winds,freezing temps, and black ice all over town........ ill post a couple pics in a sec..........

[Chrisfrom1986]

ps i drive around still holding my door shut wiht one arm and and shift plus i have manule streeing
ROFL Nashman your too damn much :facesjump

[Darrow]

My passenger door latch is sticky sometimes. I think that it is from not being used. I hardly have passengers in my car.

[NashMan]

well i did some smaing today no go but now i have to replace the catch and the latch hehehe and my freeking hand is so freaking cold

plus i have no heater and my exuhgast fell off the other day open down tubes baby

my car has safty writen all over but still no one has pulled me over

[Rich64N]

The door handles have a plastic retainer that can wear out, then the handle assembly will be loose (you can move the rear end of the housing up and down 2-4 mm - 1/4 inch), which can cause all kinds of latch issues - usually you can't open the car, or can't unlock it. Other than replacing the handle I don't know of a fix. A work around is to physically push down on the handle housing, then it might work. However, it sounds like you have more issues than this.

[joefoe]

Mine did the same thing in this danm weather! just about pulled the door handle right off trying to get in to my frozen car.

[heavyd]

here in washington we just got hit with some bad sh!t the past 2 weeks and my doors freeze every night and sometimes my battery wont hold a charge overnight.... not to mention i have no heater also makes it even worse....

[joefoe]

lol whats with all us PNW guys and no heat

[SupraFiend]

Thats too funny. The latches on my winter beater mk2 did the exact same thing to me. I had to force the door open after they froze shut and it wouldn't close after that. I thought I had broken it, so I removed the whole thing, removed a whole latch assemble from a spare early style door (they're different btw, the rods to the door handles are pressed on and are different lengths between the early and later cars), then when I was about to bend the different arms off I tried the latch again which was sitting on the floor in my basement and the damn thing started working again. It was just the cold. So I lubed it all up and put it back together and its been fine in the cold ever since, infact its working better then ever. I couldn't lock the door without the key before. But of course, the very next day the stupid passenger door did the same thing. This time I just busted out the propane torch and heated it up and it started working again.

[NashMan]

yae i tried the good old tiger torch this moring that just peeled my paint some lol do i love my car or what

but i did pick up a 84 ceica one i don't knwo if ti will work but wiht littel bit zap strap and some bubble gum i may get the fucker to work right

that or make 2 into one

[supra dupra]

my cars were coverd head to tir with3/4 inch of ice good luck getting the doors open,time to whip out the warm salt water

[CJSREDPRA]

I'm with heavyd on this.

My problem when it gets into the sub-freezing temps, is that the latch does not stick.. Moves easily with no problems.

My issue that I have (and this was on all 3 of my Supras), is that the rubber door gasket/seal sticks to the body. I have to pull hard to get the seal unfrozen from the body & the door open.

[Chrisfrom1986]

my cars were coverd head to tir with3/4 inch of ice good luck getting the doors open,time to whip out the warm salt water

Your not begging for rust doing that, your applying it with stupidity.

[CO_the1]

Jezz Chris (fromda909), don't you have anything to input but bullcrap?
Piss on the locks guys. And really, a light coating of Vasoline will help on the rubber gaskets.
No Chris, don't offer all your anal lube out to trade. You may be needing that for yourself. But that was a large bottle in your console.
Yuck Yuck

[NashMan]

lol man the power door lock's are freaking heavy biggest one i have ever sean to date lol

well my 84 ceica manul door latch fit with no probs so i am happy i pretty sure it whould since they have the same out door handle and my door lock never work so fuck it beats holding the door shut wheil drivening

what happend to mine was the plastic caseing broke and everthign was one big goo pile of old greass ect

if i cared about my ca ri pull the otehr one and give ti bath in solvent and re greass it remmber these cars are hella old so it's worth doing took me about 12 mins to dot eh job so it all good not hard at alll

[Tomkat]

I have been use Zep Aerolube on all the latches, hinges, locks etc. for years and never have any problems.

[Chrisfrom1986]

No Chris, don't offer all your anal lube out to trade. You may be needing that for yourself. But that was a large bottle in your console.
Yuck Yuck

What I use on your sister is my business.