We're back to working on the odds & ends we got to do.

The biggest thing is the door locks.

The ones we ordered on EBay (the expensive ones) did come in. As anyone who's built a car like this can tell you, many times using original parts is not as easy as some would think.

Here's what we've got so far......

On the new locks, we were hoping that pushing in the button was going to move the lever on the side of the lock up & down.



But, instead, pushing in the button extends the rod out the back of the lock.



We were also hoping that the lock it'self was internally locking. In other words we were hoping that when the key was straight up & down (unlocked) the button would push in & it does that. BUT, it pushes in no matter what position the key is turned. We were hoping that when the key was turned horizontal that it would lock the button so it wouldn't push in...... NOT the case.



As it turns out, on the real carturning the key moves the lever on the side of the button assembly. The action moves a tie rod that connects to another device ..... see part numbers 4126483 & 4180040 on the top of this page http://www.miuraworkshop.com/tavdoordetails.html_ (http://www.miuraworkshop.com/tavdoordetails.html) The actual locking takes place in that device & locks a lever sticking up from it. This lever extends up behind the buttons we have & prevents the button from being pushed in when this device (4180040) is locked.

As you may recall, doors on cars back in the '50's & '60's did not lock from the inside. This means that even if you had it locked from the inside, it would still unlock & open when you pulled the inside door release lever. This function is accomplished on these buttons, when you turn the key to lock the lever in the 4180040 device & you remove the key. In these pics you can see that the lever is free to move up & down without the lock cylinder (key) being turned. You see that once you've locked the door with the key, the actual locking is in the 4180040 device. So if you have the locks engaged then the action of opening the door from the
inside turns the key slot vertical (if it's not already there).





This is what we are thinking now.....We are going to have to convert these button assemblies to electronic use with the pushing in action of the button activating a micro switch to pop the door open & as a locking device, we are planning to use a toggle switch that will be activated on & off by the lever on the side of the button. The toggle switch will turn on & off the power to the micro switch.

These pics of the fitting of the button as of the EOD Friday. We have to keep the lock assy. as far back in the door as we can so that it clears the back edge of the window as it goes up & down.





This one is looking down into the window channel with the window & dew wipes removed.



These buttons will have to activate a micro switch to open the door electronically. And we will have to connect the locking lever on the side to a toggle switch to turn off & on the power to the micro switch. Today, we figured out how exactly we were going to do that.

The micro switch (top) & the toggle switch (bottom) mounted to the inside of the door. The door panel will fit over these.



The micro switch looks like this & the lever is routed inside the window channel to reach the tip that extends out from the button.



Looking inside the window channel, hopefully you can see the workings......





Archie

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update....

1st to take care of old business....

Someone pointed out that I hadn't posted any pics of the gages installed in the car. So I took these...





This week, we finished the lock assemblies & assembled the doors for the LAST time.

The finished lock assemblies are looking pretty good & work great.









We put Lizardskin on the insides of the doors & went on to assemble the doors. Here we've installed the outside dew wipe, the inside dew wipe & the bracket that is the mount for the top of the window assembly mount plate.



This inside window mounting plate carries the inside door handle, power window operating assembly & the window.



As we've been final installing all the items on this car, I also been shooting video of the assembly process. I'll be editing the video into what I call the Owners Video. I do this on almost all of the extreme builds & give a copy to the cars' owner. That way, if something needs to be services down the road, the video will help to tell the person working on the car how to take it apart & put it back together.

Rob & Kris did an excellent job of executing our concept of how we intended to get everything inside the doors & making it all work & yet be easy to service. We are very proud of how we did the doors with all the stuff inside of them & we documented all of it for future reference in the Owners Video.

After installing all of the hardware inside the doors, we installed the door panels.







On another note, during the initial driving of the car, we felt that the original front coil overs needed to be stiffened up a bit. So we changed the springs from 300# to 350#.





Archie

[This message has been edited by Archie (edited 06-19-2010).]

HI all

What is the Lizard Skin for, on the body panels? A true great treat, that u share these build threads with us Archie!

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