Thanks for the photo Andy... I have tried that all ways up without success. You plan stretches the spring the wrong way... it also jams against the bottom 'D' thereby stopping the latch from going anywhere. The spring is designed to spring 'open', not closed. So the two ends have to travel...
Hi thanks for the feedback Robin..
I did try it with the coiled part of the spring sitting on the 'post' on the left but was not sure which way up the spring sits to get some tension happening. The spring has good tension (when the two ends are held together it forces itself apart strongly) so...
I have a problem with a late 1970’s Legge 707 (I think) lock. I have it on my shed external door and the lock suddenly jammed. I can see clearly why it jammed after taking it apart. However when opening the lock the spring dropped out (it was loose inside and allowed the D-shaped gate to rise...
