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Car Forum / MINI / March 2004A-hole buggered up my door lock
Some a-hole just buggered up my doorlock. They pulled up my Mk1 style door handle. Cant appear to open it now, even when I unlock it. I live in Sydney's (Australia of course) Inner West. Any suggestions where I'd be able to get a good locksmith who'd be able to handle a job like this one. Can't get into the car - old Mk1's only could be locked/unlocked from the driver side door. Reply to this forum pse, the email doesnt work too! Help.... If I remember correctly, you should be able to force the handle back down in to the correct position , as the damage is already done and wont make any difference now, but should give you access, The door lock should be un damaged, the damage will be in the handle where the barrel fits Fitzy > Some a-hole just buggered up my doorlock. They pulled up my Mk1 style > door handle. Cant appear to open it now, even when I unlock it. [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > Reply to this forum pse, the email doesnt work too! > Help.... > If I remember correctly, > you should be able to force the handle back down in to the correct position [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > > Hi, I think you will find the lock barel wrecked. When the door is locked, a steel plunger moves out and locks into a slot in the bezel. If the handle has been forced against this plunger it has almost certainly broken the end of the casting and jammed. I would suggest (as Fitzy says) just force it back and you should be able to open the door. Then remove the handle assembly and inspect the damage. Remove the screw in the end of the shaft where it shows through the inside lock, take out the 3 screws holding the inside lock unit, and then there are two more screws behind the lock which hold the handle assembly. Keith Thanks guys, No the lock is still intact - fortunately. The handle is still okay too. The unlucky bit is that the handles used in the Australian mk1's are unique and cannot be bought brand new anymore from the UK. Minis production was scraped in Australia around 1980. 2nd hand Spares are also rare today. Anyway I had a closer look today (with someone more qualified than myself) and we surmised that the returning spring was broken. Also the actual door mechanism (name?)with the tongue protrusion thingey that looks like your normal house door thingey, was now loose and therefore damaged. Got hold of a second hand one for AUD$28. Spring cost $10. Not as bad as I thought. I guess this is what happens when a mug like myself opposes a mega building project next door to your home. Thanks, marc > > If I remember correctly, > > you should be able to force the handle back down in to the correct [quoted text clipped - 27 lines] > > Keith > No the lock is still intact - fortunately. The handle is still okay > too. The unlucky bit is that the handles used in the Australian mk1's > are unique and cannot be bought brand new anymore from the UK. Is this a "MkI" door handle, as per early UK production, or a late Australian lift up handle? If it's the latter, good healthy examples are often found on the back doors of Morris 1300s and 1500s in Australia. Mind you, finding a 1300 or 1500 is difficult too now days. > Minis production was scraped in Australia around 1980. Minis 1978, Mokes 1982. > 2nd hand Spares are also rare today. Where are you? There are specialists in major cities, including Northern Mini Parts in Melbourne, 03 9458 2111. Graham, It's definitely a Mk1 door handle. The car is a 1966 998 deluxe. I'm in sydney. I did phone around to all the reputable places ie. Mini car clinic (Padstow), Karcraft (Silverwater, and finally found what I needed at Mini suzuki auto parts in Seven Hills. Thanks marc > > No the lock is still intact - fortunately. The handle is still okay > > too. The unlucky bit is that the handles used in the Australian mk1's [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > There are specialists in major cities, including Northern Mini Parts in > Melbourne, 03 9458 2111. How are they different from these (other than that one doesn't lock from the outside)? http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2464668937&category=43122 do you have the windey windows? The Muffin Man > Thanks guys, > No the lock is still intact - fortunately. The handle is still okay [quoted text clipped - 44 lines] > > > > Keith Muffin Man, Yes, the doorhandles look exactly like that. And also yes, my 1966 mini deluxe has windup windows. I believe Australian Minis had windeys as early as 1965. Correct me if I am wrong. Marc > How are they different from these (other than that one doesn't lock from the > outside)? [quoted text clipped - 62 lines] > > > > > > Keith I was under the impression that the handles were the same as the UK on these cars. These are still being made from the original tooling in the UK. However, I may stand to be corrected!  SignatureRgds Steve steve@dsnclassics.co.uk www.dsnclassics.co.uk > Muffin Man, > Yes, the doorhandles look exactly like that. And also yes, my 1966 > mini deluxe has windup windows. I believe Australian Minis had windeys > as early as 1965. Correct me if I am wrong. > Marc The difference is that Australian Minis had windup windows from around 1965. As a result i was told there are slight modifications to the handle mechanism, mainly to accomodate this quirk. marc > I was under the impression that the handles were the same as the UK on these > cars. These are still being made from the original tooling in the UK. [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > as early as 1965. Correct me if I am wrong. > > Marc > The difference is that Australian Minis had windup windows from around > 1965. As a result i was told there are slight modifications to the > handle mechanism, mainly to accomodate this quirk. > marc Wouldn't that be the mechanism itself rather than the handle then? That would move the handle out of the travel of the window, ie move it back a bit. But I am only guessing ;) The Muffin Man So when did you get lift up handles? The Muffin Man > Muffin Man, > Yes, the doorhandles look exactly like that. And also yes, my 1966 [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > How are they different from these (other than that one doesn't lock from the > > outside)? http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2464668937&category=43122 > > do you have the windey windows? > > [quoted text clipped - 57 lines] > > > > > > > > Keith > So when did you get lift up handles? 1970. Do you think maybe you could have trimmed a few lines of redundant text? > > So when did you get lift up handles? > > 1970. > > Do you think maybe you could have trimmed a few lines of redundant text? No The Muffin Man >>>So when did you get lift up handles? (followed by many many lines of redundant garbage) >>1970. >>Do you think maybe you could have trimmed a few lines of redundant text? > No I'll keep this in mind next time you ask a question I might be able to answer. > >>>So when did you get lift up handles? > [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > I'll keep this in mind next time you ask a question I might be able to > answer. > >>>So when did you get lift up handles? > [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > I'll keep this in mind next time you ask a question I might be able to > answer. Fine, but be polite in the future. You may well know the answer to life the universe and everything but there is still no need to be so impolite. If you want an example, someone may say something like "I may be wrong but isn't..." and you reply "you *are* wrong...". Fine, you may be right but grow some manners!! The Muffin Man And Elvis was sitting next to The Muffin Man in the spaceship, which I thought was kinda weird, but then they turned to me and said: > Fine, you may be right but grow some manners!! Oh, come on! Graham is to my mind the best consistent source of good, solid cluefulness on this group. He can be as rude as he likes, as long as he's correct, and in this case I have to agree that he was. Grow up, and learn to use your newsreader properly. Am 10 Mar 2004 02:41:52 -0800 schrieb marc_9 <marc_9@freemail.com.au>: > Thanks guys, > No the lock is still intact - fortunately. The handle is still okay [quoted text clipped - 51 lines] >> >> Keith |
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