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Subject:Re: Sliding door popping open
From:Doug Fitz-Randolph
Date:Wed, 7 Feb 2007 14:02:52 -0400

I looked in the Bentley this fall and didn't pick up on that. There are
pages and pages talking about wedges and spacers and after skimming
through it I decided if I messed with it I would likely do more harm
than good. I will re-review it when I am in the same place as my
Bentley, though.

Thanks,
Doug

On 2/7/2007, "Alistair Bell" <albell@uvic.ca> wrote:

>take off door panel and adjust bowdoin cable, the cable that connects
>front latch with rear latch.
>
>(its in the bentley)
>
>
>Alistair
>On 7-Feb-07, at 9:05 AM, Doug Fitz-Randolph wrote:
>
>Hi,
>
>I've had this trouble for some time now. Not cold-weather specific
>necessarily. The back of the slider will pop open every so often when I
>hit a bump. I tried adjusting the striker and thought I had it licked,
>but it came back again after a few weeks.
>
>Last week the door actually slid all the way open! It had popped open
>slightly, as it has many times, on the way home on the interstate. After
>stopping at the end of my exit ramp, I sort of peeled out and -whoosh-
>the door opened completely! This has never happened before, but I was
>also never able to develop any significant acceleration before I got a
>2.5l Subaru engine 6 months ago.
>
>Is my problem the latch? I've seen these at Bus Depot and they aren't
>too expensive.
>
>Doug Fitz-Randolph
>Freeport, ME
>
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>Date: Wed, 7 Feb 2007 10:14:20 -0500
>From: Joe Beckham <jrbeckh@COX.NET>
>Subject: Sliding door popping open
>
>Hello All,
>
>
>
>Does anyone else have problems with the sliding door popping open on
>very
>cold days? Or does anyone know the fix? Thanks in advance!! all the
>best,
>Joe
>
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