there is a latch system in the door that closes on the body the clasp there
has to be riddle with and repaced

"Brian Wright" <wrightweb@wright-onthe-web.com> wrote in message
news:O6Bwb.12635$P%1.11088003@newssvr28.news.prodi gy.com...
> Got a '91 Acura 2 door, manual locks.
> For the past few months opening the door (form the inside) occasionally
> takes an extra pull like the handle isn't catching on anything.
>
> Now of course on the coldest night of the year I open my door (from the
> outside) get in and the door won't latch shut.
>
> After about 10 minutes of pulling it, shutting it, slamming it, and seeing
> if I could fiddle with the latch at all in very dim light it finally
latched
> shut.
> Can't be certain this has to do with the cold b/c it was fine in the
morning
> when there was a bit of ice on the door, and it was fine at lunch time.
But
> at the end of the day it wouldn't latch shut.
>
> If I get brave I may opening but until I can get into a warm garage to
look
> at it I'll be using my passenger door (And won't worry about the odd
stares
> I'll get)
>
> So where is the problem occurring? Does it have to do with my inside door
> handle mechanism or my door latch at the end of my door?
>
> Questions? Comments? Suggestions?
>
> Thanks,
> Brian Wright
> '91 Acura Integra LS
>
>

 

In article <yeNwb.7035$Eq1.846406@news20.bellglobal.com>, "Scott MacLean"
<scottNO@SPAMnerosoft.com> wrote:

> > If the graphite spray does not solve the problem--take it to the nearest
> > Honda or Acura dealership and have them fix it. It's possible that the
> > door is out of alignment with the locking mechanisms mounted to frame.
> > Perhaps some ice was the source of the problem. For example, if you
> > slammed the door when ice was present--it might have caused the door to
> > get out of alignement. I'm just guessing.
>
> Bill, reading through your posts in here...do you have any other answer than
> "Take it to the nearest Honda or Acura dealership and have them fix it"? You
> post the same answer to every question someone poses in here.

Not true--If it's a problem that I know how to solve--I tell them the
solution. In most cases, when I suggest that people take it to a
professional--I do this because I have actually seen engines worked on by
people who did not know what they are doing. They ended up paying much
more for their repairs than they would have payed if they had not
attempted to do something that they did not how to do. I recently advised
someone that wanted to change his timing belt to take it to a service
station mechanic that would allow him to watch so that he could learn to
do it himself. I recall reading about someone that screwed up the threads
while installing plugs--I wonder if you are the type of person that would
advise someone that had never changed spark plugs to do it without
watching someone else do it.

 

In article <yeNwb.7035$Eq1.846406@news20.bellglobal.com>, "Scott MacLean"
<scottNO@SPAMnerosoft.com> wrote:

> > If the graphite spray does not solve the problem--take it to the nearest
> > Honda or Acura dealership and have them fix it. It's possible that the
> > door is out of alignment with the locking mechanisms mounted to frame.
> > Perhaps some ice was the source of the problem. For example, if you
> > slammed the door when ice was present--it might have caused the door to
> > get out of alignement. I'm just guessing.
>
> Bill, reading through your posts in here...do you have any other answer than
> "Take it to the nearest Honda or Acura dealership and have them fix it"? You
> post the same answer to every question someone poses in here.

Not true--If it's a problem that I know how to solve--I tell them the
solution. In most cases, when I suggest that people take it to a
professional--I do this because I have actually seen engines worked on by
people who did not know what they are doing. They ended up paying much
more for their repairs than they would have payed if they had not
attempted to do something that they did not how to do. I recently advised
someone that wanted to change his timing belt to take it to a service
station mechanic that would allow him to watch so that he could learn to
do it himself. I recall reading about someone that screwed up the threads
while installing plugs--I wonder if you are the type of person that would
advise someone that had never changed spark plugs to do it without
watching someone else do it.

 

In article <yeNwb.7035$Eq1.846406@news20.bellglobal.com>, "Scott MacLean"
<scottNO@SPAMnerosoft.com> wrote:

> > If the graphite spray does not solve the problem--take it to the nearest
> > Honda or Acura dealership and have them fix it. It's possible that the
> > door is out of alignment with the locking mechanisms mounted to frame.
> > Perhaps some ice was the source of the problem. For example, if you
> > slammed the door when ice was present--it might have caused the door to
> > get out of alignement. I'm just guessing.
>
> Bill, reading through your posts in here...do you have any other answer than
> "Take it to the nearest Honda or Acura dealership and have them fix it"? You
> post the same answer to every question someone poses in here.

Not true--If it's a problem that I know how to solve--I tell them the
solution. In most cases, when I suggest that people take it to a
professional--I do this because I have actually seen engines worked on by
people who did not know what they are doing. They ended up paying much
more for their repairs than they would have payed if they had not
attempted to do something that they did not how to do. I recently advised
someone that wanted to change his timing belt to take it to a service
station mechanic that would allow him to watch so that he could learn to
do it himself. I recall reading about someone that screwed up the threads
while installing plugs--I wonder if you are the type of person that would
advise someone that had never changed spark plugs to do it without
watching someone else do it.