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josh - 12 Sep 2005 08:17 GMT

Hi all,

I just purchased a '91 318is today. This is my first BMW, and I'm
wondering if any of you can recommend good places to get parts? I'm not
sure what all I will need just yet, but the thing that's bothering me
the most is that the door lock doesn't work very well. I was looking for
the whole handle assembly including the lock online, but couldn't find
anything.

I'm sure I'll need more parts, so any advice would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks!

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John Burns - 12 Sep 2005 11:13 GMT

> I just purchased a '91 318is today. This is my first BMW, and I'm

Great car, I have a '90 :-) Do a search for Brendan Purcell's 318iS
site.

> wondering if any of you can recommend good places to get parts? I'm

www.bavauto.com

not

> sure what all I will need just yet, but the thing that's bothering me
> the most is that the door lock doesn't work very well. I was looking for
> the whole handle assembly including the lock online, but couldn't find
> anything.

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Jack - 12 Sep 2005 17:06 GMT

Josh, You may just have a little corrosion on the lock release mechanism
inside the door. I have had this problem and solved it by putting a little
oil on the mechanism joints. Mine had gotten quite 'sticky' to the point I
feared I would break the key off in the lock and it made a metallic scraping
sound when the door handle was pulled. You will need to remove the door
lining in order to do this. I first tried spraying some LPS-3 down through
the lock button hole but it was not successful as I was just guessing as to
the location of the offending joints.

> Hi all,
>
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> Thanks!

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josh - 13 Sep 2005 04:28 GMT

Great! thanks so much for the info.

John: I found Brendan's site before I posted here, seems like a great
resource. www.bavauto.com is exactly what I was looking for, thanks for
the tip!

Jack: Your description sounds a lot like what I've got going on. I'm
afraid of breaking my key at any moment. I'm going to take your advice
and see if I can't fix it myself.

Seems like a nice group you guys have here. I look forward to spending
some time here and learning from all of you.

Thanks again.

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