Re: [VAL] '60 Tradewind frozen lock

["Scott Scheuermann" <s.l.scheuermann@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Rick,

Do you have the original door handle on your tradewind (Bargman L-77)? If so
the bottom part of the pull handle has nothing to do with the lock cylinder,
there should be nothing to jam those two items. The L-77 locking mechanism
tends to wear out, they just wear to a point that you can't lock or unlock
it. But that doesn't answer your question as to why you can't turn the key.
If I remember correctly you have to turn one direction to lock and the other
to unlock, this sounds normal, but I seem to remember that one direction
there was very little travel and the other requires nearly a whole turn.

Scott
'60 Overlander