The locks on flint locks and cap locks are the essence of simplicity. Take the lock off and mess with it. It will be nearly impossible to mess anything up. You'll figure out what's wrong with it I'm sure.

Did you take that lock off yet striper?

wow thank you guys very much
 

thanks bronko22000, pluckit and cayugad...it worked great, simple. lock worked great off the gun, it took 2 seconds to fix....I would have sent it back with out you guys:guiness:

No spring. The screw on the side of the rifle opposite the lock is what holds the lock in place. Just unscrew it and the lock will come out as an assembly. I will take a picture of a spare lock I have laying around and show you the back before you try. Be back in a bit.

Darn! I was about to take that piece of junk off your hands for half what you paid for it so you could cut your losses.

No really, I'm glad you fixed it. Have fun!

OK Striper - I took a picture of the back of a lock I have for parts. There are a few parts missing but this is what yours will look like (butwith a hammer and a coil spring). Bring your hammer to full c0ck, close the frizzen (the part that covers the pan), hold the lock on both ends and push up on the hammer release with your right thumb. The hammer should fall all the way down.

lol thanks again...I'm all pumped up again....I guess I'll take all the locks off my other guns and clean them...lol I got a white mountain in the mid to late 80s and never had the lock off...ed

bronko22000 thanks for the help and your time...I'm a happy guy now thanks to you guys