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[ministeve1]

Hi all I recently got a mini yay. It has been modified and was used for racing so its basicly an empty shell and im convering it back to a more road friendly mini so basicly need to fit everything back inside the car lol.

 

I have got some new lockable door/boot handles as the ones on it has no locks so i need to swap them over but i dont know how to do it. can anyone offer me any advice on what to do?

 

The doors dont have any insides and just have a basic plastic windows you just pull up and down but i dont know how to remove them so i can get to the screws that hold the handles on etc.

 

If anyone can offer me some advice that would be great.

 

Kind regards & best wishes

Steve

[Hewlett_T]

I'm sure standard handles are held in with 2 screws/bolts on the inside and a c clip on the small rod connecting to the latch mechanism.

[ministeve1]

yeah but i cant get to them as the plastic window is in the way so need to know how to take the plastic windows out thats been put in there so can get to the screws. I presume the glass was taken out and plastic ones put in for racing perposes

kind regards

Steve

[nicklouse]

well that all depends on how the widow has been fitted.

 

is there a inner door skin? remove that and look.

 

on Race cars there is no standard way of doing things so pictures will be needed if you have no idea,

[ministeve1]

no door cards and half the inner door skin has been removed and a standard shape plastic windows put in there that are just held in place with two screws.

but as they sit infront of the handle screws i need to take them out so can get to the handle bits. Id take a pic but i broke my mobile at work the other day and waiting to get the stupid thing fixed grrr

 

Kind regards

Steve

[nicklouse]

if there is no inner skin then remove the lock mechanism and then you can get to the handle if one of the screws is hidden.

 

quite simple really.

[ministeve1]

got it boot handle done drivers door done just the passanger one left to do. The plastic window flexes just enough for me to drop them down atan angle flex it a bit and pull them oun sideways. Then I can get to all the screws

Kind regards

Steve

[nicklouse]

but what has the plastic got to do with it? never needed to remove the plastic.

 

like i said there are more than one way to do race car things so you are on your own.

[ministeve1]

but what has the plastic got to do with it? never needed to remove the plastic.

 

like i said there are more than one way to do race car things so you are on your own.

the plastic is the windows up or down they sat in the way of the screws to the handles so had to remove them to get at them

regards

Steve