Roadster Door Problem

Ok, Im a moron.. I accidentally. (don't ask) removed the pin under the inside door handle of my 98 roadster.. If you look under the door handle pull on the diablo, you will see a little pin that holds the wire onto the plastic handle.. Anyhow.. I though it would be as easy as slackening the wire and putting the pin back through, but no.. seems that I can't figure a way to slacken the wire.. I took off as much as the door as I could. (A lot is rivetted in) but still no luck.. then i tried taking off the latch mechanism.. but no luck there.. Any ideas diablo owners?

Sincerely,
Jeff G

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mate give the car to a Authorised lambo garage near you, 98 models warrentee is expired i believe, if you stuff up the door, u gonna end up pay a lot for it.........

took of as much the door as you could?? man, u might just be the richest man on this forum!!

hehe....

post some pictures of your car on my tread

heh, too bad that the nearest dealer is 5 hours away.. and I am an engineer, so I kinda know about these things.. i was careful, besides, there wasn't much there to take apart anyhow.. here's a picture.

MAN!!!!! WHY EVERYONE HAVE A YELLOW ROADSTER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

yours and Jabba (dogsbreath) have the same car, his one is more fly yellow than yours.......

but its very nice!!

how long you had the Roadster for?

owned for about a year now.. Great car. my only beef is the somewhat not so elegant interior. (I have been used to ferrari's and porsches..) But other than that. A great ride.. However, our new playtoy is taking up the spotlight.. the Z8.. what in incredible machine.. Ill post some pictures as soon as they get developed.

JG

Z8? NO SHIT!!!

that's a great car........

a friend of mine Mel wanna buy it, but its too bad that the right hand drive will never come to AUS.....

they are limited edition right??

i still think the roadster will out kast the Z8 tho

Hey Vale,

I know this is a lambo forum, but is that your Extra and L 39 in the back ground?

yes it is.

Very cool!

I just recently finished up my fouga, and took it out for a spin! Although I have sold off most of the planes now....:(

ValeX20: What a beauty, nice roadster, love the spoiler on it :) Diablos look so much better with a spoiler on. Yours is gorgeous, just like Jabba's roadster, his has the colour coded wheels. About your problem, well I dont really know what to say as I dont own a Diablo myself, but I would say the same thing ofcourse, take it to the Lambo garage near you. Always better incase anything gets messed up. All these Diablo owners making me go CRAZYYYYYYY, doesnt anyone here live in Toronto Canada, and have a Diablo?????????????????????:sun:

actually, i already had it fixed, if you look, this is a very old post. Now I have to get the clutch replaced, fun fun..

lol, my bad, sorry about that, now ya gotta change the clutch? hehehe how many km?

10,000 kilometers.. 10,000 dollars.... :(

damn, its so beautifull man. Can you please post any more pics??? really likin it.:smoker:

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lol.. wrong picture.. hold on a sec..

rear shot

side shot

front quarter

engine shot...

WOW, thats awesome, the plane too! I noticed you said you were an engineer, what kind of engineer are you?

Computer engineer

nice planes.:devil:

wow a really nice lamborghini diablo roadster!!! :flash: :flash:
are that all your planes? is it also your airport. oh wow really nice.

you worked hard in life and reached really much! congrats!

what happens if you pull it out like a normal door?

you mean instead of lifting up? It wont like that, but unless you pull real hard, it probably would hurt anything. Truth is, from the outside, there isnt much to pull on, there is just a little button on the top. I guess if you really wanted to mess it up, you could push hard from the outside, but I think anyone already inside the car would realize that the doors dont open that way. And as soon as you lift the handle from the inside, the door starts to go up. It would be a little hard to confuse it. However, and this is a question for other diablo owners, my door doesnt go up by its own, which is the way i think its supposed to be. Does anyone know of a replacement actuator cylinder that would have enough push to do it on its own?

thats what i thought, i just thought i read a post where someone said to push it outwards. maybe im just imagining things, cause i cant find it now.

I dont see what you are trying to get at, explain.

I must have imagined a post in this thread where someone suggested to push the door outwards. I dont know... i must be going crazy.

I noticed in the summer my doors go up on their own.....in the winter they do not...I think its when the gasses in the cylinder are hotter... it gives them more power...it also happens with the rear engine cover on my 355

Sometimes if I try and open my roadster doors to quickly before the window drops down.. then the doors can jam..I am not keen on pulling the window towards you method...so I usually open the other door up then loosen the roof a little...then you can open the door up...but sometimes you need to do a little of everything to un-jam it...damn annoying when it happens though...

May I ask what car is that which is being covered? Looks like an antique... Miura?

no, actually it's a 73 Jaguar E-type that needs to be restored. I keep meaning to get to it, but finding the time.. I dont to pay someone else to do it, it's my project, i just have to find the time.