Help with door stay ...

[Northern_Mike]

That's the temperature sensor.

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[Hell Razor5543]

Try using a hair drier on the membrane where the sealing mastic is. That might work.

[Northern_Mike]

Isn't the membrane just thick poly sheet that you can get at a garden centre or builders merchant for not much per sq yd?

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[Hell Razor5543]

On Gracie it is a foam like sheet, a couple of mm thick. Good for sound and heat proofing. Safestore sell it, but it is in smaller dimensions.

Her temperature sensor is also on the nearside wing mirror.

[Sl4yer]

Membranes are available - I've got one waiting for when I get a window regulator. £44 + VAT I think.

James

[Northern_Mike]

£44?! For a bit of foam sheet?

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[Sl4yer]

You should see how much they want for a new regulator!

James

[Northern_Mike]

I probably really shouldn't!

[RichardW]

AFAIK it is just clipped on - slide it forwards and it should come off the door. Or I am talking bollox...

Part numbers and prices for the membrane:

Part Number Description Quantity Price excl. VAT Price incl. VAT Total incl. VAT Selection
00009365C2 SEALING 44.26 GBP 53.11 GBP 53.11 GBP

00009365C3 SEALING 44.26 GBP 53.11 GBP 53.11 GBP


I just cut them carefully, and then re-attach with duct / parcel tape as required.

[addo]

Slice sideways through the adhesive bead with a scalpel or modelling knife.

The inferior handle - you loosen the actuator rod clamp screw and yes - it slides forward then pulls outward.

[miked]

Do you mean the lock button? It's over 10 years since I last did battle with one of those but seem to remember it's getting them back on that's the hard bit. Does this topic help? http://www.frenchcarforum.co.uk/forum/v ... 4&p=156941" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[sparksie]

Any quick way to get this door stay OUT of the door itself. Is it just brute force that's needed or was there a 'technique' that I should have followed when fitting the door? Hope it hasn't got to come off again ...

I presume you mean the check strap has become stuck in the closed position and you need to extend it, so you can attach it to the pillar.
It would probably be easiest to remove it, extend it on the bench in comfort, then refit it in the door.
It should be, as you suggest, simply brute force, but finding a way of applying brute force without risking damage to the surrounding paintwork could be a problem. It will almost certainly be held on the door by two nuts, above and below the aperture it sticks through. They are surprisingly bulky, so you may have to tease it around the window runner, or other door furniture, but once out it will be childs play to extend the strap. Might also be a good time to apply a little white grease to the rollers and springs...

[sparksie]

Hmm.
I suppose you could push it all the way in and the rollers would probably close over in front of it, but I haven't seen it.
The springs are strong, designed to be worked by a long lever (the door), so separating the rollers with hand tools to allow the strap back out might be a job for PopEye after his can of spinnach.
It really isn't a big deal to take the whole assembly out of the door, provided you have the patience to figure out how to get it around the other gubbins in there. Once out it will become a trivial matter to extend the strap. And the time to do it is while the membrane is already off...
Honestly, it's probably taken longer to write about it than it would have done to do it!