Hi Jonathan,
That's a great tip. I'm in the process of installing my door panels
and was dreading putting those darned handles back on. Now I
have something to look forward to... sort of.....
Thanks..
Pete Innocenti
74 TR6
>Jonathan writes:
>I don't know if any of you have already figured out a way to do
>this...but my uncle devised a way to do it in about 2 minutes. (per
>handle that is). Since this list has helped me very much in the
>past, I
>thought I would share this trick with whoever is interested. This is
>what
>he did---
>He got a pan washer that was the roughly the diameter of the
>round
>base of the handle. He then cut off a section of the washer so it
>looked like this:
> - -
> -- --
> --- ---
> ---------
> ------
>He then sandwiched the modified washer in between the handle
>and the
>black base plate (then followed by the spring) so that the missing
>section lined up with where the hole where the pin is suppossed
>to go on
>the stud coming out of the door. He also had put a tiny bit of
>adhesive
>at the end of the pin and lightly placed it on the corresponding
>hole on
>the handle (which was now visible and lined up with the missing
>portion of
>the modified washer)
>He then placed the handle/washer/black plate/spring on the door
>and
>pushed down...while I stood by with a smaller poker and just
>popped
>the pin into place. We then removed the washer and viola!
>I don't know if the above is clear at all...if not and you a better
>explanation...feel free to email.
>Also...out of curiosity...how were people doing this before?
>Jonathan.
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