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Do your passenger's eyes become round so that you can distinctly see the whites when the door pops to the outer door latch like the door's gonna pop open and dump them out onta the asphalt at any moment as your rolling along in the Landy? Do they just jump in their seat towards the middle of the bench like the door has suddenly become incredible hot and they're afraid of getting burned?
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Walker
1968 Series IIA-"Ronnie"
88" SW, 2.25L Petrol, LHD -
Easy answer: YES, their eyes do bug outta their head. Mine too when the driver's door does it to me.
1966 IIa - ex-MOD, ex-FFR, ex-24v
1997 Discovery SE7 - I'm empty inside without her -
I enjoy turning corners in mine and having the passenger door swing open...as the tail gate slams down.
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Clint Rankin - 1972 SIII SWBComment
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try shimming the striker out a little closer to the latch.....Comment
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Huh, this has never happened to me...guess I need to adjust my door! It did happen in my airplane one time though, but it was the passenger's fault!Comment
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All 5 of ours did that very badly. We sprayed as much carb cleaner as we could into the whole latch assy. and let it sit for a day to dry out. Then sprayed at much lubricant in there that we could get. Let it drip for another day, then reinstalled.
Catches seemed like they were adjusted well, the catch latch just wouldn't stay out. Hasn't done it since.
Kristi
1969 Series IIa 109
1970 Series Wagon
1974 1/2 MGB
2004 Disco II-last of her kindComment
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I've never had that happen to my doors if the're slammed shut. One problem I do have that I cannot figure out is the locks. If the doors are open I can lock and unlock the doors with the key and it all works fine. If the doors are shut I cannot lock the doors. The key turns like it's locking the door but they do not lock. The lever on the inside for locking from that side moves but not far enough to lock the door.THING 1 - 1973 88 SIII - SOLD
THING 2 -1974 88 SIII Daily Driver - SOLD
THING 3 - 1969 88 SIIA Bugeye Project
THING 4 - 1971 109 SIIA ExMod - SOLD
THING 5 - 1958 109 PU
THING 6 - 1954 86" HTComment
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I used to have that problem. once grabbed my passenger's arm and pulled her back as she started to fall out. Once had it pop open on a freeway bridge over the Columbia river and lost a full tool box, stainless steel dog food & water bowls & more. Buy the time I was able to get off the freeway, back across the bridge, off the freeway then back on everything was scavenged. That was pretty much all the hand tools I had in the world.
I broke down and replaced all my latches with Defender anti burst latches and have not popped out anywhere since then.-
Teriann Wakeman_________
Flagstaff, AZ.
1960 Land Rover Dormobile, owned since 1978
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many moons ago before i could turn a wrench,
my dad was driving the family home in the IIA 88, and we made it to our street no problem. Taking the left hand turn onto our road, my dad gave everyone the fair warning to "hold on".... My mom, who was not holding on or wearing her seatbelt, was promptly jettisoned from the rover and broke her arm. Coulda been much much worse, but no my parents are not divorced now and yes she does still ride in the rover occasionally
My door alignment on my 88 is a little out of wack so I used a bungee chord. You havent seen the whites of your passengers eyes until their door flys open then snaps back, while you act like nothing happened
-Rob------------------------------------------------
72 SIII 88
67 SIIA 109
82 SIII Stage 1 V8
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