Inside Door Lock for '98 Scamp

[fusedlight]

The door handle / lock assembly on our '98 Scamp can only be locked from the outside. Was this standard or did someone stick a funky door lock on there sometime in the past? Suggestions?

As always... Thanks!

Gary

[Dennis Clinton]

There should be a small hole on the inside unit that you slip a pin into to lock it from the inside. Normally, the pin hangs from a short chain.

[RogerDat]

However new inside latches from scamp come without the hole pre-drilled. You have to drill your own hole for the cotter pin.

Nice to be able to lock trailer when inside but....
Hinges are on the outside, you can remove door easily which is a good thing because.... If you put the pin in the lock with the door open and it closes your locked out. Key locks outside handle but does nothing to unlock the pin on a chain.
Don't ask how I know.

[fusedlight]

Originally Posted by RogerDat

... Don't ask how I know.

Heh... How DO you know?

No hole for a pin on our assembly. I may look at putting in some sort of latch assembly on the inside, but the wall are all so curvey there...

[RogerDat]

Originally Posted by fusedlight

Heh... How DO you know?

No hole for a pin on our assembly. I may look at putting in some sort of latch assembly on the inside, but the wall are all so curvey there...

You just need a small (aprox. 1/8 inch) hole under the inside door handle mechanism. Hole goes through front and back of the inside latch and into inside of door a little bit. Advise a little tape on the drill bit as a marker to make sure you don't go too deep and through the door.

When a cotter pin is inserted through hole, inside handle can not go down, door won't unlatch.

Typically a little piece of decorative chain is used to attach the cotter pin to a screw that holds the latch to the door. Pin just hangs there, hardly noticed.

Ummm replaced door latch inside and out. Had the cotter pin in when I closed the door to try the key. Knew as soon as latch clicked that I was about to pay a "fools tax". Was not hard to remove the two hinge pins and take the door off. Tax paid in full.

I could post picture if you would like.
Scamp store online says on the item that it is without the hole.

[fusedlight]

Originally Posted by RogerDat

You just need a small (aprox. 1/8 inch) hole under the inside door handle mechanism. Hole goes through front and back of the inside latch and into inside of door a little bit. Advise a little tape on the drill bit as a marker to make sure you don't go too deep and through the door.

When a cotter pin is inserted through hole, inside handle can not go down, door won't unlatch.

Typically a little piece of decorative chain is used to attach the cotter pin to a screw that holds the latch to the door. Pin just hangs there, hardly noticed. <snip>

Thanks! I was just going to write an "umm...just WHERE do I drill the hole" note. I'll root around down in the basement parts bins (organized? You have to be kidding!!) for an appropriate pin and then drill the hole to match. You known...just thinking...I could attach the chain that holds the pin to the frame around the door. The chain would then stretch across the door opening and you couldn't get out (well not easily) without removing the pin from the latch and letting it dangle on the end of the retaining chain.

[john warren]

ok,,,not being a smarty britches,,,,at least this time but....why do you want to lock it if your inside?

[Thomas G.]

Originally Posted by john warren

ok,,,not being a smarty britches,,,,at least this time but....why do you want to lock it if your inside?

John, didn't you ever see the movie The Shining? Heeeeeeer's Johnnny!

[john warren]

lol,,,i just got a brain picture of jack totaly stymied by ax proof fiberglass,,,,lol

"come on guys....i'm back,,,,let me in...."
( what the heck is this damn egg made of anyway?....whack ,whack, whack)

[fusedlight]

Originally Posted by john warren

lol,,,i just got a brain picture of jack totaly stymied by ax proof fiberglass,,,,lol

"come on guys....i'm back,,,,let me in...."
( what the heck is this damn egg made of anyway?....whack ,whack, whack)

And THAT got me thinking about when my wife took out the hot tub her ex had put in. She tried a sledge hammer on it... just bounced off. A SawzAll took it down to the concrete in no time. Trust me... I do not annoy my wife! Any gal that knows how to use a SawzAll...just sayin...

Anyway, it's just a little extra security having a lock on the inside. As much as we'd like to say we live in a perfect world, we don't, and nut jobs DO occasionally show up at campgrounds. And of course... there ARE times when you want to lock the door!