help, shut out of coach...

[Richard Hayden]

Rose Mary,
Your lock is probably a Bargeman. It shouldn't be possible to close the door
with the lock pushed in unless the lock is worn and in need of a rebuild. Kits
are available from some RV stores or they can order one for you. I went out and
tried ours just to see if that would close with the button in and it wouldn't.
However, our previous '81 FC would until I rebuilt the lock.

Good Luck.

Dick Hayden - '87 PT 38 - Lake Stevens, WA

----- Original Message -----
From: Rose Mary
To: WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Sunday, July 09, 2006 10:47 PM
Subject: [WanderlodgeForum] Re: help, shut out of coach...


Thank you everyone for the ideas...
What I ended up doing was slitting the screen so we could reach down
the inside of the screen door, attached a mirror to a clothes hanger
so could take a look. The door lock button was indeed pushed....think
it will be a good idea to stash an extra set somehere in the bay
where the propane fills (the only one without a lock.)I plan to have
extra keys made to keep outside of the coach should this ever occur
again, I really didn't think it was locked...a locksmith could have
helped, ah well. In all the in & outs of the coach this hadn't
happened, but now sure aware how easy it can happen, especially when
someone not familiar with the door and how it locks may accidentally
bump the button pushing the door open...
Thank goodness the top glass in the door has a tendency to slide
down. None of the other window latches would budge.
Some of the ideas sent were good ones but had already done the slit
screen. Not a difficult or costly thing to repair....
Glad we weren't out in the middle of nowhere to learn this lesson.
Again thank you all
Rose Mary
82 FC Oregon


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dspithaler@... wrote:
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> Hey Guys Why couldn't you take the glass out of one of the
sliding
> windows & go in through the screen? I've taken the glass out to
replace the felts
> on the sliders & it isn't a hard job. I think Rosemary could do
that & just
> take the screws out in the top & bottom of the window & slide the
glass out.
> Pick one of the bigger ones it is easer to get the glass out.
> Don
> 89 SP 36'
> Butler, PA
>
> think that is exactly what may have happened....think that
> tighten those before and think one was working a bit.
> But, I am outside the coach with all the windows latched except
for
> the top door window. Even my daughter who is like a spider was
unable
> to get her arm down between the screen door to reach (also the
screen
> slide may be involved...?s
>
> Anyone know of a way in...ha! If it's locked a locksmith could
help
> but don't feel that is the problem.....
> open to suggestions? Sure would like to get in with minimal damage
to
> the coach...
>
> Rose Mary
> 82 FC
> Oregon
>
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