Re: [T3] Door Not Closing

["Gary Gamboa" <gary_gamboa@hotmail.com>]

<x-flowed>>Okay, I pulled the door latch mechanism out and it turns out the spring did 
> fall off an was nearby. I put the spring back on and put the latch back in. 
> But the same thing happened. I took it out again and
> realized that the release shaft (horseshoe) does not fit tightly enough
> in its rectangluar opening of the plate. When the spring is attached, the 
> ternsion pulls the shaft out of the opening enough to let the latch spin 
> freely.

> Should I weld the latch shaft into opening? Or use some type of
> chemical bonding?

'71 FI AT Square

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