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Re: Edmunds Members - Cars and Conversations
Had to call a locksmith today. Last night I couldn't open the door to the garage from the laundry room.————————————————
It's the door we use the most.
Bolt was stuck and I couldn't get it to move.
Only one of the door hinges was the drop in pin type and I couldn't figure out how detach the other two.
Damage was $40 for service call, $65 new door handle, $120 to open the door, plus tax.
The new bolt did fit with the old handle but was very notchy, so I had him install what he had with him.
It operates smoothly.
Are you saying you spent over $200 for this door handle problem. Why didn’t you remove the entire door handle. There are 2 screws that should be accessible from inside the laundry room. Once you removed the inside handle you would have been able to push the handle on the garage side out. That would have allowed you to finagle the latch and thereby open the door. I’m pretty sure that is what your locksmith did.
As for not being able to remove the hinge pins, you can thank the building codes for that. It seems there is national code that prohibits a door leading into the house from the garage not to be self closing and the 2 hinge pins you couldn’t remove are the self close hinges. The code reasoning is if there is a fire in the garage the fire couldn’t easily spread through an open door into the house. The same reasoning applies to exhaust gases entering the house if a car is left running. There is a good bit of spring tension on these 2 hinges (usually adjustable) so the hinge is made without a removable pin. If you could remove the pin it would definitely allow to spring to unwind and you could end up with a hole somewhere in your body. Of course the down side of this code didn’t think about the inconvenience of not allowing the door to remain open when you’re unloading groceries from your car.
Don’t get me started on codes especially electrical codes because I’d be posting all day about those.
jmonroe
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Re: Edmunds Members - Cars and Conversations
Should have known better than to stick my nose into “honestly” posts. I feel like I’m caught up in the vortex of a tornado or on a carrousel that is running in overdrive with no way to get off. Well, believe me when I say I made a mistake and I will stay away from “honestly “ posts in the future! 🤪😜🤡
Re: Edmunds Members - Cars and Conversations
Honestly, this all could have been avoided.. trust me.Should have known better than to stick my nose into “honestly” posts. I feel like I’m caught up in the vortex of a tornado or on a carrousel that is running in overdrive with no way to get off. Well, believe me when I say I made a mistake and I will stay away from “honestly “ posts in the future! 🤪😜🤡
kyfdx
Re: Edmunds Members - Cars and Conversations
My F-150 has 500 miles on it and it seems OK.Sounds like it's time to trade it in.
corvette
Re: Chronic Car Buyers Anonymous
Or the snowy off ramp they are always talking about!@nyccarguy said:
Good thing too since it is an electrified Stellantis product that you won't be getting out of unless you are prepared to fork over a bunch of money to cover the negative equity.You ever hear of fire? 😆
Re: Chronic Car Buyers Anonymous
I saw his post, said to myself "What Jeep?", and thought the same thing.Speaking of which, time to update the 'ol signature line.Monday night update. Wife has threatened me with bodily harm if I try to get rid of the Jeep. Says it’s her favorite car yet.
That’s 50% of my available trading material!
ab348
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rgc
Re: Chronic Car Buyers Anonymous
Good thing too since it is an electrified Stellantis product that you won't be getting out of unless you are prepared to fork over a bunch of money to cover the negative equity.Monday night update. Wife has threatened me with bodily harm if I try to get rid of the Jeep. Says it’s her favorite car yet.
That’s 50% of my available trading material!
Re: Chronic Car Buyers Anonymous
@nyccarguy said:
Good thing too since it is an electrified Stellantis product that you won't be getting out of unless you are prepared to fork over a bunch of money to cover the negative equity.
You ever hear of fire? 😆
tjc78
Re: Chronic Car Buyers Anonymous
Monday night update. Wife has threatened me with bodily harm if I try to get rid of the Jeep. Says it’s her favorite car yet.
That’s 50% of my available trading material!
