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The tailgate on my 1997 Disco will not open. It's as if the handle has
not gone fully back when the door was closed and so it won't release
again. Is there any way of freeing this without having to dismantle or
replace the whole lock?

Thanks
--
Keith (London, UK)
Land Rover Discovery 300TDI
Triumph Sprint Exec

 
There's been another post of a similar nature and the cure is to remove the
landrover badge and use a lubricant on the handle while moving it and then
spray it with a grease, it worked on mine. For goodness sake don't use WD40,
when it dries out it then absorbs water.

Peter.

"Keith" <Keith@spam.nospam> wrote in message
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> The tailgate on my 1997 Disco will not open. It's as if the handle has
> not gone fully back when the door was closed and so it won't release
> again. Is there any way of freeing this without having to dismantle or
> replace the whole lock?
>
> Thanks
> --
> Keith (London, UK)
> Land Rover Discovery 300TDI
> Triumph Sprint Exec
>


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"Peter Seddon" <peter.seddon@tiscali.co.uk> wrote in message
news:40eecfa0$1_2@mk-nntp-2.news.uk.tiscali.com...
> There's been another post of a similar nature and the cure is to remove
the
> landrover badge and use a lubricant on the handle while moving it and then
> spray it with a grease, it worked on mine. For goodness sake don't use
WD40,
> when it dries out it then absorbs water.
>
> Peter.
>
> "Keith" <Keith@spam.nospam> wrote in message
> news:VA.0000024e.1ef2be19@spam.nospam...
> > The tailgate on my 1997 Disco will not open. It's as if the handle has
> > not gone fully back when the door was closed and so it won't release
> > again. Is there any way of freeing this without having to dismantle or
> > replace the whole lock?
> >

Taking off the Landrover badge and jiggling the handle has managed to get
the door open. Now I've got to work out where to spray the grease without
gettit everywhere.

--
Keith (London, UK)
Land Rover Discovery 300TDI
Triumph Sprint Exec



 
There's been another post of a similar nature and the cure is to remove the
landrover badge and use a lubricant on the handle while moving it and then
spray it with a grease, it worked on mine. For goodness sake don't use WD40,
when it dries out it then absorbs water.

Peter.

"Keith" <Keith@spam.nospam> wrote in message
news:VA.0000024e.1ef2be19@spam.nospam...
> The tailgate on my 1997 Disco will not open. It's as if the handle has
> not gone fully back when the door was closed and so it won't release
> again. Is there any way of freeing this without having to dismantle or
> replace the whole lock?
>
> Thanks
> --
> Keith (London, UK)
> Land Rover Discovery 300TDI
> Triumph Sprint Exec
>


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"Peter Seddon" <peter.seddon@tiscali.co.uk> wrote in message
news:40eecfa0$1_2@mk-nntp-2.news.uk.tiscali.com...
> There's been another post of a similar nature and the cure is to remove
the
> landrover badge and use a lubricant on the handle while moving it and then
> spray it with a grease, it worked on mine. For goodness sake don't use
WD40,
> when it dries out it then absorbs water.
>
> Peter.
>
> "Keith" <Keith@spam.nospam> wrote in message
> news:VA.0000024e.1ef2be19@spam.nospam...
> > The tailgate on my 1997 Disco will not open. It's as if the handle has
> > not gone fully back when the door was closed and so it won't release
> > again. Is there any way of freeing this without having to dismantle or
> > replace the whole lock?
> >

Taking off the Landrover badge and jiggling the handle has managed to get
the door open. Now I've got to work out where to spray the grease without
gettit everywhere.

--
Keith (London, UK)
Land Rover Discovery 300TDI
Triumph Sprint Exec



 
There aint no clean way to do this, the hinges are up abocve the hole left
by the badge, give them a good spray and work the handle till it lossens
off.

Peter.

"Keith Wilkinson" <keith@spam.nospam> wrote in message
news:ccmnq1$qlo$1$8302bc10@news.demon.co.uk...
>
> "Peter Seddon" <peter.seddon@tiscali.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:40eecfa0$1_2@mk-nntp-2.news.uk.tiscali.com...
> > There's been another post of a similar nature and the cure is to remove
> the
> > landrover badge and use a lubricant on the handle while moving it and
then
> > spray it with a grease, it worked on mine. For goodness sake don't use
> WD40,
> > when it dries out it then absorbs water.
> >
> > Peter.
> >
> > "Keith" <Keith@spam.nospam> wrote in message
> > news:VA.0000024e.1ef2be19@spam.nospam...
> > > The tailgate on my 1997 Disco will not open. It's as if the handle has
> > > not gone fully back when the door was closed and so it won't release
> > > again. Is there any way of freeing this without having to dismantle or
> > > replace the whole lock?
> > >
>
> Taking off the Landrover badge and jiggling the handle has managed to get
> the door open. Now I've got to work out where to spray the grease without
> gettit everywhere.
>
> --
> Keith (London, UK)
> Land Rover Discovery 300TDI
> Triumph Sprint Exec
>
>
>


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Peter Seddon wrote:
> There aint no clean way to do this,
>

That's what I thought :(. Thanks for the advice.

--
Keith (London, UK)
Land Rover Discovery 300TDI
Triumph Sprint Exec

 
There's been another post of a similar nature and the cure is to remove the
landrover badge and use a lubricant on the handle while moving it and then
spray it with a grease, it worked on mine. For goodness sake don't use WD40,
when it dries out it then absorbs water.

Peter.

"Keith" <Keith@spam.nospam> wrote in message
news:VA.0000024e.1ef2be19@spam.nospam...
> The tailgate on my 1997 Disco will not open. It's as if the handle has
> not gone fully back when the door was closed and so it won't release
> again. Is there any way of freeing this without having to dismantle or
> replace the whole lock?
>
> Thanks
> --
> Keith (London, UK)
> Land Rover Discovery 300TDI
> Triumph Sprint Exec
>


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