Never mind, I fixed it!

[Poppy and Hamish]

Well, I am embarrassed myself there with a story of how I haven’t even had my motorhome for 48 hours and I broke it, and how I had tried various things to no avail, pleading for help.

Tried the exact same thing for a fourth time and it fixed it! What a newbie!!

 

[kev54]

Do you mean the key holder in the handle is stuck open? Do the locks not latch? Sounds like a key/locksmith problem. Never had it myself.
If the key won’t come out of the lock, I’m not sure, but if the key comes out, I’d start with a bit of olive/3-in-1 oil or W40 on the key and leave it sit in the lock before working it to and fro a few times. If you can open the door, try the same with the latches. WD40 is last choice as it dries after a while, but it’s good for releasing stuck metal parts. Good news that your bar stops the door opening. Can you take it back to seller/dealer?

 

[tacr2man]

Best lubricant for locks is graphite powder oil etc tends to help dust turn solid apparently

 

[kev54]

Best lubricant for locks is graphite powder oil etc tends to help dust turn solid apparently

Absolutely agree that’s the biz tacr2man but I never have graphite powder when I need it! Maybe the quick-dry WD40 would be better

 

[Poppy and Hamish]

Do you mean the key holder in the handle is stuck open? Does the lock not latch? Sounds like a key/locksmith problem. Never had it myself.
If the key won’t come out of the lock, I’m not sure, but if the key comes out, I’d start with a bit of olive/3-in-1 oil or W40 on the key and leave it sit in the lock before working it to and fro a few times. If you can open the door, try the same with the latches. WD40 is last choice as it dries after a while, but it’s good for releasing stuck metal parts. Good news that your bar stops the door opening. Can you take it back to seller/dealer?

Thanks for taking the time to answer, I somehow managed to fix it. I tried both keys, both ways several times and managed to sort it (Even though I did it multiple times before asking for advice). So where you turn the key left to lock, and right to unlock and it should return to a central upright position. It was stuck to the right in unlock, and the key just wouldn’t go in And it was jammed solid.

Where you do the hook up/battery, you could remove the key when it was in the unlock position, but not in the lock position.

So glad I wangled it somehow!

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[kev54]

Well, I am embarrassed myself there with a story of how I haven’t even had my motorhome for 48 hours and I broke it, and how I had tried various things to no avail, pleading for help.

Tried the exact same thing for a fourth time and it fixed it! What a newbie!!

Welcome to the club !! We’ve all done something like that

 

[Poppy and Hamish]

I am going to invest in some graphite powder for future reference! Sounds like a handy thing to keep around. Thanks for the suggestions everyone, hopefully it won’t happen again, but might just spray a bit of the stuff around as perhaps if the locks are a bit stiff, this is how I got into this pickle

 

[Janine]

Did I read that it is the hab door lock you are having problems with?

Mine is very temperamental and I have to be careful that it's returned to the upright position before I shut the door as it is possible to lock myself out.

 

[Poppy and Hamish]

Welcome to the club !! We’ve all done something like that

Haha, hopefully that’s my initiation over and done with now

 

[Bailey58]

Was there an earlier thread detaling the problem, if not some of you must be mind readers?

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[Poppy and Hamish]

Did I read that it is the hab door lock you are having problems with?

Mine is very temperamental and I have to be careful that it's returned to the upright position before I shut the door as it is possible to lock myself out.

Yes it was, I will be super careful and slow going forward. Because of the position of the fiamma bar, it’s a bit fiddly.

 

[Poppy and Hamish]

Was there an earlier thread detaling the problem, if not some of you must be mind readers?

Yes, I edited it to save people the time and trouble of reading a problem and answering it, only to discover it had been resolved