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Author Topic: FL rattly driver's door lock plunger.  (Read 3199 times)

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FL rattly driver's door lock plunger.
« on: 05 October 2015, 13:26:09 »

My lazy fix ::) of a bit of cardboard works temporarily, but has anyone got a better permanent fix?
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Re: FL rattly driver's door lock plunger.
« Reply #1 on: 05 October 2015, 13:29:13 »

Look in your local haberdasher, or I think The Range (if you have one?) basically you want some sticky felt, or velvet. The sort of stuff that you find on the underside of ornaments. (and inside your glovebox, that sort of flocked stuff), a layer of that taped inside the aperture for the door pin should do it.

PFLs have a small patch of felt on the pin, I think the FLs did away with this, presumably for weight saving.  ;)
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Re: FL rattly driver's door lock plunger.
« Reply #2 on: 05 October 2015, 13:30:24 »

Pop out the orange tab.
Remove pin.
Wrap two turns of black insulation tape around base of pin. Be careful to line the top edge of the tape with the bottom edge of the orange tab.
Refit pin.
Push orange tab back.

Job's jobbed :y
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Re: FL rattly driver's door lock plunger.
« Reply #3 on: 05 October 2015, 14:50:06 »

My lazy fix ::) of a bit of cardboard works temporarily, but has anyone got a better permanent fix?
The one above works great & so quick to do  :y
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Re: FL rattly driver's door lock plunger.
« Reply #4 on: 05 October 2015, 14:55:20 »

Pop out the orange tab.
Remove pin.
Wrap two turns of black insulation tape around base of pin. Be careful to line the top edge of the tape with the bottom edge of the orange tab.
Refit pin.
Push orange tab back.

Job's jobbed :y

My FL doesn't have the tab which my MFL does. It has a slim handle which allows the card to be lifted off it.
That may work anyway though. Thanks Al.:y
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Re: FL rattly driver's door lock plunger.
« Reply #5 on: 05 October 2015, 14:55:54 »

Look in your local haberdasher, or I think The Range (if you have one?) basically you want some sticky felt, or velvet. The sort of stuff that you find on the underside of ornaments. (and inside your glovebox, that sort of flocked stuff), a layer of that taped inside the aperture for the door pin should do it.

PFLs have a small patch of felt on the pin, I think the FLs did away with this, presumably for weight saving.  ;)

Thanks, I'll try that or Al's. :y
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Re: FL rattly driver's door lock plunger.
« Reply #6 on: 05 October 2015, 15:06:32 »

Look in your local haberdasher, or I think The Range (if you have one?) basically you want some sticky felt, or velvet. The sort of stuff that you find on the underside of ornaments. (and inside your glovebox, that sort of flocked stuff), a layer of that taped inside the aperture for the door pin should do it.

PFLs have a small patch of felt on the pin, I think the FLs did away with this, presumably for weight saving.  ;)
Facelifts have a completely different set up... theres a felt collar built into the trim finisher on thmid 2001 to cars with square door pins. Early facelifts have a different door card and pointy pins with no trim finisher. ;)

To make the early facelift door pins stop rattling, which it sounds like yours might be..., simply remove the pointy pins and replace with the later square ones. These will need no tape as the door card has a smaller aperature than cars built with the square pins with the trim finisher. This aperature is the only difference on early and late door cards.

The later square pins will be a tighter fit to the door card than the current pins and need no further work ;)

The later trim finishers can also be retrofitted, but will require door cards to be removed in order to enlarge the aperature. I cannot recommend this approach as it reintroduces the opportunity of pin rattle and requires the tape fix I first suggested :y
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Re: FL rattly driver's door lock plunger.
« Reply #7 on: 05 October 2015, 15:07:37 »

Look in your local haberdasher, or I think The Range (if you have one?) basically you want some sticky felt, or velvet. The sort of stuff that you find on the underside of ornaments. (and inside your glovebox, that sort of flocked stuff), a layer of that taped inside the aperture for the door pin should do it.

PFLs have a small patch of felt on the pin, I think the FLs did away with this, presumably for weight saving.  ;)
Won't work on facelifts... see above for why :y
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Re: FL rattly driver's door lock plunger.
« Reply #8 on: 05 October 2015, 15:10:11 »

Pop out the orange tab.
Remove pin.
Wrap two turns of black insulation tape around base of pin. Be careful to line the top edge of the tape with the bottom edge of the orange tab.
Refit pin.
Push orange tab back.

Job's jobbed :y

Does it have to be black?  ::) ::)
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Re: FL rattly driver's door lock plunger.
« Reply #9 on: 05 October 2015, 15:12:47 »

Well any visible colour would look pretty bloody stupid as the top edge is visible when unlocked ::)
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Re: FL rattly driver's door lock plunger.
« Reply #10 on: 05 October 2015, 15:50:54 »

Black is faster.

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Re: FL rattly driver's door lock plunger.
« Reply #11 on: 05 October 2015, 17:19:05 »

When the orange colour tab is removed what holds the top button onto the rod ,as assume from Al,s  description the entire top button is removed to apply "the super fast tape".
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Re: FL rattly driver's door lock plunger.
« Reply #12 on: 05 October 2015, 17:42:48 »

Gravity ;)
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Re: FL rattly driver's door lock plunger.
« Reply #13 on: 05 October 2015, 17:48:55 »

 ;D ;D ;D

So the orange tab secures the pin onto the rod  ;)and by putting 2 rounds of tape it just increases the pins thickness and acts as an sleeve.

Sorry to sound Fick but like full instructions  :y...as mine rattle too  ::)
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Re: FL rattly driver's door lock plunger.
« Reply #14 on: 05 October 2015, 18:48:07 »

;D ;D ;D

So the orange tab secures the pin onto the rod  ;)and by putting 2 rounds of tape it just increases the pins thickness and acts as an sleeve.

Sorry to sound Fick but like full instructions  :y...as mine rattle too  ::)
I refer the onerous twonk honourable gent to reply number 2 :D

No catches, it really is that straightforward :y
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