Door locks on '59

["Rog & Jan van Hoy" <vanhilla@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Problem #1--  The inside door mechanism has to return to the
neutral position for the outside key to work.  More
specifically, the mechanisms for both locking systems have
to be in synch.  Try moving your inner door handle back from
the locked position incrementally while simultaneously
trying the outside lock.  What lubrication did you use?
Hopefully white lithium on the governor and such and
graphite on the locks.

I can't imagine how lubricating the driver's side mechanism
could cause the passenger lock not to work.

Problem #2--  Perhaps too simplistic, but maybe you have a
wiring insulation problem and when you turn your lights on
at night it effects the gas gauge and clock.  Or it may just
be a coincidence, and the clock and gas gauge are only
working intermittently.  As I recall if you momentarily
ground the lead to the tank sending unit with a helper
watching the gauge it should read full.  Clocks generally
don't work reliably unless they've been recently serviced.

--Roger van Hoy, '55DeSoto, '42DeSoto, '66Plymouth,
'73Duster, '81 Imperial, Washougal, WA

----- Original Message -----
From: <Imperial59crown@xxxxxxx>
To: <mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, July 19, 2002 8:28 PM
Subject: IML: Door locks on '59


| I took the advice of some of my fellow Imperialists today,
to get my drivers
| side door to lock. I lubricated the whole door mechanism,
and it now locks
| when I push the door lever forward. Problem is, now it
won't unlock from the
| outside using the key, on either side. I could leave the
window down, and
| lock it, but that doesn't do me too much good. I also
lubricated the key hole
| assembly, but it still didn't work. Does anyone have any
ideas on this one?
| Another quirk is my clock and gas gauge, which both work
fine during the day,
| when it is warm out, but fail to work at night.
| Any advice on either of these problems would be deeply
appreciated.
| Bill '59 Crown
|
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