You've pulled the panel and poked around?
Front Door Will Not Latch (1 Viewer)
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LINUS
Waiting for the Great Pumpkin
Did you try some graphite powder or Napa sil-glide?
I like the graphite powder as you can rinse it off, sil-glide makes a gummy mess if it doesn’t solve the problem like the window gasket getting old & stiff/rotton.
Just a few ideas - I’ve had 3) ‘97’s over the last ~25 yrs.
I like the graphite powder as you can rinse it off, sil-glide makes a gummy mess if it doesn’t solve the problem like the window gasket getting old & stiff/rotton.
Just a few ideas - I’ve had 3) ‘97’s over the last ~25 yrs.
LINUS
Waiting for the Great Pumpkin
Do you get that “funky noise” just opening the door when latched, or does it make that same sound when you cycle the handle with the door already open?
Does the same sound happen when cycling the door latch both from the exterior as well as the interior?
I know the pressure equalizer flaps behind the RR-most slider windows (AKA the
beehive collector 
) - but some get gummed up since these are ~30YO rigs now.
If it was me, I’d buy a cheap set of plastic door panel pry bars & carefully take the interior panel off & do your best to save the moisture barrier (or buy fresh plastic & use that double-sided VHT tape like this:
It’s overkill, but once you solve the problem, that tape is insane but you can use those same plastic scraper/pry-bars to undo or just cut inside the edge of vapor barrier & re apply quality Vis-queen like asbestos removal bags - those are the toughest sheet plastic I came across.
Since you went “parts cannon” at it (don’t blame you, I did it for the PO401 thing) - you probably got this handled.
Check back if it worked or if you’re still fighting it.
Does the same sound happen when cycling the door latch both from the exterior as well as the interior?
I know the pressure equalizer flaps behind the RR-most slider windows (AKA the
beehive collector ) - but some get gummed up since these are ~30YO rigs now.If it was me, I’d buy a cheap set of plastic door panel pry bars & carefully take the interior panel off & do your best to save the moisture barrier (or buy fresh plastic & use that double-sided VHT tape like this:
It’s overkill, but once you solve the problem, that tape is insane but you can use those same plastic scraper/pry-bars to undo or just cut inside the edge of vapor barrier & re apply quality Vis-queen like asbestos removal bags - those are the toughest sheet plastic I came across.
Since you went “parts cannon” at it (don’t blame you, I did it for the PO401 thing) - you probably got this handled.
Check back if it worked or if you’re still fighting it.
