SNAIL ☠ Vintage School 2CV    FAQ   Search   Memberlist   Usergroups   Register   Profile   Log in to check your private messages   Log in  Door catch Ami/Ami super          SNAIL Forum Index -> Wanted View previous topic :: View next topic   Author Message wooly2cv Snailer Joined: 03 Jan 2008 Posts: 14 Location: colchester,essex Posted: Mon Feb 22, 2010 10:14 pm    Post subject: Door catch Ami/Ami super Hi. I have just broken my drivers side (RH DRIVE) door catch, the one on the door. Some thing has snapped off, so it won't catch on pillar catch. Have bungeed door shut. HELP PLEASE _________________ I'M NEW TO WELDING Back to top ealandbob Snailer Joined: 28 Jan 2009 Posts: 90 Location: France 79 Deux Sevres Posted: Tue Feb 23, 2010 4:40 pm    Post subject: Hi Have you tried Matt Concannon the Ami registrar? I know he bought quite a few off me a couple of years back at registers day,they were new in boxes Cheers Bob I have his email if you dont _________________ Plastic is Fantastic Back to top wooly2cv Snailer Joined: 03 Jan 2008 Posts: 14 Location: colchester,essex Posted: Tue Feb 23, 2010 11:10 pm    Post subject: Ami door catch Hi bob. Thanks for reply. Could you post email address for me. I have emailed him a few times, with no reply. Maybe i have wrong address. CHEERS RICHARD _________________ I'M NEW TO WELDING Back to top baron_matt Snailer Joined: 25 Feb 2010 Posts: 6 Location: London Posted: Thu Feb 25, 2010 1:55 pm    Post subject: Hello Ami Fans :-) Had my ear to the ground and I I heard an ami owner in distress. So describe the problem to me.... You try and close the door and it just doesn't work? Keeps sort of bouncing off the catch? I reckon what you have here is a busted latch spring. Look at the door catch on the side of the door and you'll see on the lower part the latch. It looks a bit like a number 6. This is controlled by a spring which keeps it facing the correct direction. If the spring snaps the latch is not presented to the striker plate the right way and the door won't shut. The spring is also used on GS door latches (similar system). Can you take your door card off and have a look at the lock from the inside. I will see if I can find a spare spring. PM me your contact details. Cheers Matt Back to top ealandbob Snailer Joined: 28 Jan 2009 Posts: 90 Location: France 79 Deux Sevres Posted: Thu Feb 25, 2010 3:29 pm    Post subject: Hi Matts email is matt_the_baron@yahoo.co.uk from above reply I guess he's on here now anyway Try what he says I think hes part Ami hes had them so long Cheers Bob _________________ Plastic is Fantastic Back to top baron_matt Snailer Joined: 25 Feb 2010 Posts: 6 Location: London Posted: Fri Feb 26, 2010 12:08 pm    Post subject: lol I hope that's a compliment Bob, but yes I have owned Ami's for 13 years now and that probably explains a lot. Back to top ealandbob Snailer Joined: 28 Jan 2009 Posts: 90 Location: France 79 Deux Sevres Posted: Fri Feb 26, 2010 2:38 pm    Post subject: Hi Matt Yes it was a compliment always enjoy your column in 2CVGB News Will we ever see a channelled Ami in UK?? _________________ Plastic is Fantastic Back to top baron_matt Snailer Joined: 25 Feb 2010 Posts: 6 Location: London Posted: Fri Feb 26, 2010 6:54 pm    Post subject: ealandbob wrote: Hi Matt Yes it was a compliment always enjoy your column in 2CVGB News Will we ever see a channelled Ami in UK?? Lol channelled Ami? Have you seen the state of our roads? I think they are the worst in Europe. Cars with height or an option of height maybe the way forward here. What I need is someone to show me the setup of an M35 so we can get a kit made then we can have height when we need it and leave it low for show. DS was great for that. I owned and ran the GSA 1300 cc Lowered RHD Ami super service for a bit (ex Pete Sparrow) and it was a bit crashy over bumps but that thing did fly. I recall heading south fast down the M1 flashing a BMW 535i to get out of the way. You know when you are going fast in an Ami 8 when your stainless steel bumpers are glowing Cherry red lol. As my Ami 8 Club Centrafuge is currently in the shop being restored (to stock original) I'm using my Wartburg 353S Tourist everyday. That's on Irmscher Alloys (rare) and on stilts. Took it to the VW Slough swap meet and smoked those guys out with my strawberry 2Stroker, it drew a crowd. Got to love the 'Burg its craptastic. Now do any of you chaps know if I can get a gradalux rear blind for my Ami 8? Back to top Neil Dropped Joined: 03 Jul 2007 Posts: 285 Location: Cornwall UK Posted: Sat Feb 27, 2010 12:58 am    Post subject: baron_matt wrote: Now do any of you chaps know if I can get a gradalux rear blind for my Ami 8? Hello Matt, you're all about, you are. http://piecesdetachees2cv.free.fr/98-99.pdf Any good? Back to top baron_matt Snailer Joined: 25 Feb 2010 Posts: 6 Location: London Posted: Sat Feb 27, 2010 2:01 pm    Post subject: Neil wrote: baron_matt wrote: Now do any of you chaps know if I can get a gradalux rear blind for my Ami 8? Hello Matt, you're all about, you are. http://piecesdetachees2cv.free.fr/98-99.pdf Any good? Neil you are a marvel!! Flipping heck its dearer than the DS one, birthday present to myself I think! _________________ Fleet: 1973 Ami 8 Club Centrafuge 1986 Wartburg 353S Tourist 1974 Solex 3800 1972 Mobylette AV92N 1974 Mobylette AV89 Chaudron 1980 Simpson Schwalbe Back to top baron_matt Snailer Joined: 25 Feb 2010 Posts: 6 Location: London Posted: Wed Mar 03, 2010 1:45 pm    Post subject: Ami Door catch Hi Do we know if Wooly has closing doors on his Ami 8 now? Or is he going to have to have an Ami 8 Plein Air? _________________ Fleet: 1973 Ami 8 Club Centrafuge 1986 Wartburg 353S Tourist 1974 Solex 3800 1972 Mobylette AV92N 1974 Mobylette AV89 Chaudron 1980 Simpson Schwalbe Back to top Etienne Hoodrider Joined: 25 May 2007 Posts: 2829 Posted: Wed Mar 03, 2010 3:10 pm    Post subject: baron_matt wrote: Lol channelled Ami? Have you seen the state of our roads? I think they are the worst in Europe. Cars with height or an option of height maybe the way forward here. What I need is someone to show me the setup of an M35 so we can get a kit made then we can have height when we need it and leave it low for show. DS was great for that. Channelled cars are actually really better for bad roads because then you have better ground clearance. My regular 2 CV is hitting the ground 100 times more than my channelled Dyane for example. _________________ www.super2cv.com Back to top wooly2cv Snailer Joined: 03 Jan 2008 Posts: 14 Location: colchester,essex Posted: Sun Mar 07, 2010 6:38 pm    Post subject: AMI DOOR CATCH Yes it was a broken spring. How simple was to fit. God knows, the legend that is DOUG fitted mine in 30 seconds. Thanks for help. Matt i have sent you an email. 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