1994 SAAB 9000 CDE - door lock workings

[@Blackbird20003]

Mine 9000 CSi had not working back right door. The lock itself was broken and the previous owner even managed to destroy the manual latchet that could unlock the doors from inside (plastic pin holding it in space fell off). So I had to dismantle the doors while beeing closed. I was so happy when I had finally opened it. 😂

[@Ryengoth]

Had a similar problem on left rear during a door swap. The original door took a tree hit during a storm. Creased the top of the door beyond repair. While I was test fitting the donor door(with window up) the latch tang on the handle broke off. The pull rod was missing as well. After a bit of parts hunting I finally got the interior pull to work. Rigged a string through the front window until I could swap the handle out.

[@Blackbird20003]

@@Ryengoth Sorry to hear that. Yeah that latch is very poorly fitted to the doors.

[@Ryengoth]

Oh it was messed up when I bought it. It needed a LOT of help when I bought it. It was a $250 project car that did not run.

[@Blackbird20003]

@@Ryengoth Oh, I thought it. Didn’t know the full story, to be honest. Thank you for your work, right now I am trying to save mine and your videos are really helpful (especially the one with the engine head removal).