Hi,
I thought that I posted this message yesterday but I do not see it so I am posting it again
The rear door on my 96 xj6 does not open from the outside. There is no tension at all on the door handle. I took the door panel off but with my aging eyesight, low light and my inability to see the other side of things I really can not make out what is wrong. I was hoping that someone has a picture/diagram of the linkage that I can view so I can figure this out.
Thank you,
Jomo

 

On mine, the RHF door lock push rod and the DUMB plastic joiner have female moments on a regular basis, and fiddling in there with arthritic fingers is FUN on a major scale.

NO room for 2 hands.

When it happens the handle has little feel to it.

The DUMB bit is #9 in the attached drawing, and #8 is the bit that goes inside #9 and works the works.

# 6 and #7 also have moments.

Hope that helps with understanding the thing, but I really suggest finding some half inteligent human with small nimble fingers to get in there and do the deed. I used the neighbours son, and he had it all connested in less than 20 seconds, cheapest Cheese Burger he ever earnt.

Good luck.



Just had a thought.

That drawing is the DRIVERS door, so #8 & 9 are the locking rods FROM the key barrel, and the rear door will not have that.

I reckon #6 and 7 are the issue and #5 is the rod that attaches TO the door handle lever.

 

Grant, FUN is an understatement! I finally got everything sorted out. The link that goes to the door handle, well it does not go to the door handle as that cheap piece of plastic that was attached to the handle broke off. So a new/used handle needs to be installed. Now I am having trouble with the front door which I will post in a new message. I hope that I do not have as much fun with the rear door but I suspect otherwise.
Thanks,
Jomo