Although the body of my project is requiring a lot of attention - which is a bad sign
, I am going ahead and check out some parts from the boxes which came with it. I found 2 nice door locks, stamped 2/54, so they are very likely the original ones for a late MY53 car. Unfortunately, on the left side, one spring inside the remote control is broken. This spring should keep the mechanism and door opener in its rest position. The picture with the red background shows the right side control with the spring; the picture with the blue background shows the left side w/o the spring, just with a remaining broken spring piece in it.
Here are 3 options how to proceed:
1. Open both remote controls, get the good spring as a sample and search for a place which makes a copy.
2. Search for a left PreA remote control in working order.
3. Open just the bad remote control and ask the 356 Registry members, whether anyone knows about the design of that little spring or even where to source it from.
As you assume correctly, my preference goes with option 3. Are there any ideas on how to solve this problem?
BTW, I already checked various VW models. It seems they are all different from the 356 design.
Martin
