brobromelon

This makes sense. This is likely the reason the previous owner had riveted it in place so that it wouldn’t accidentally lock as there isn’t a key hole nor rod knob.

sigh, i think i know what’s going on. the previous owner put a rivet on the lever here so it wouldn’t move. when it should look like this instead:

So before I go and dismantle the window/door etc, I have a question about how this is supposed to work. As it sits now, the door latches and opens fine. You can see the red arrow pointing at the mounting screw. This looks like it prevents the knob rod (green) and the keyhole tab (yellow) from moving downward. Is this expected? If the knob rod (green) was working as intended, would the blue part move as well? With the green/yellow parts in that position, are they in a door locked or door unlocked position? May be an obvious answer, but I thought I would ask to be 100% sure. I’m wondering if the previous owner did something crazy like weld it to keep it “unlocked” forever. Thanks in advance!

I haven’t done that yet. I was going to try what I could before going down that rabbit hole. Looks like I may have to?

I rotated the latch so it’s facing directly south. I tried with all my might to lock downwards, but it would just not move. I haven’t yet fabbed something but I did also try a wrench to push down and it would just not budge. I wonder what I’m missing here. Video for reference: IMG_7463.mov

This is also super helpful. I will report back when I get some time to lock/force that lever. Thank you!

This is super helpful. I’ll give that a shot! Thank you! It is currently unlocked so I would guess I could fab something and press down hard.

I purchased a 240z that had the knob rod and key cylinders deleted. I thought I could put in an actuator to trigger the “lock”, but I think I’m missing something or maybe the key cylinders is a required part of the lock working? To be clear, there’s no vertical knob rod ie no #11, #2 per the diagram. When I reach inside the door to wiggle what I think the knob rod is connected to, it just moves up and down a little bit and as far as I can tell, there’s no way to lock the door that way either. Any help would be appreciated! Please let me know if I can provide more information. Thank you!

Any luck getting the mirror in a usable angle? Thank you!