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Old 1st December 2020, 10:00 PM
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Wow. What a blast from the past!

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Mark - Would you still have that photo you referenced showing the connecting rod, as I'll have to investigate it?
Funnily enough, I think I do!

I've just found a folder on my PC (dated September 2014) called 'Front Door Lock', which contained the following 2 images and PDF (attached) ...
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Old 5th December 2020, 03:01 PM
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Finally got a break in the weather to have a look at this, and from reading the PDF it looked easy. Got the door card off and had a good look around and discovered you can't get to the lock because of the door frame, so buttoned it all up again.

Had a more thorough read of the PDF and it says to remove the door subframe, and then talks about alignment afterwards. Looking at the instructions for the subframe removal, am I right in thinking that the subframe contains the window and window frame, the door stays attached to the car and that the alignment is to the window frame after refitting? Just wondering how long that would take as the instructions seem to imply it's relatively easy.

On another note and something I never noticed before as I rarely venture out after dark, but when I (can) unlock the car (after my reboot), the interior lights don't come on. However, if I then drive the car for a short drive of a couple of miles to the local shop, lock it up for a time and then unlock it, the interior lights do come on. Just wondering if one of the microswitches in the door handle is packing up and that's why I can't unlock the car with the fob (without a reboot).
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Old 5th December 2020, 03:57 PM
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am I right in thinking that the subframe contains the window and window frame, the door stays attached to the car and that the alignment is to the window frame after refitting?
Correct.

Sean I had a rear door subframe off a while back to replace the winder mechanism which had a shattered pulley, it's not that difficult.
(Bought a replacement frame from our sponsors and swapped glass, motor etc. over)
Beware losing the tricky little "thingy" on the door pull cable though!

Alignment on the other hand I'm not sure about, I didn't have any instructions to follow.
It seemed easy (there's only 4 bolts) but after it was all done and all the window seals looked good I noticed the bottom of the door was misaligned at the rear.
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Old 5th December 2020, 05:09 PM
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A trick I use if I want to put the door back the way it was without realigning is to take each bolt out one at a time and put a piece of masking tape over the hole. Put the bolt back in and just nip it up again, enough to hold the frame and mark the tape but not enough to tear the tape. You can mark the tape with a sharpie if you want too. Once you have each bolt marked, also note the position of the wedge at the lower front corner (phone pic or sharpie), then you can remove all the bolts and the window frame. When you put it back in, you have marks for the various bolts Start with the top rear, then top front, then put the wedge in and do the two bottom ones.

Don't forget the bowden cable for the inner handle which is clipped to the back of the window frame in two places - the green clip you can see, and also a white one behind the frame.
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