[urq] Door handles?

[Stephen Redford]

------- Hi Thatcher,  I don't know about part #'s , but maybe a handle from a Coupe or a A-4000,  might fit or, be the same.  '  Might be a European source .              Good Luck,        ...Stephen Redford  '85Urq



On May 5, 2011, at 8:34 PM, Thatcher Hubbard wrote:

> Does anybody have a known good P/N or source for a driver's side door
> handle?  I ordered the part the AutoHausAZ pulls up as correct, and as I
> sort of suspected in the first place, it's the wrong one.  Either that, or
> my car is a weird one-off.
> 
> The key difference seems to be the way the handle is attached to the door at
> the end with the handle and lock cylinder.  Mine has a square tab with a
> single hole that takes a screw that's accessed through a hole in the back
> end of the door that has a plug in it.  The one they sent me has a tab
> that's longer, extends up into the door and has two unthreaded holes in it.
> On top of that, even if I was able to secure it somehow (tap some threads
> into it?), the plastic bail that the door lock actuator rod connects to
> interferes with the travel of the door handle mechanism.  And for the
> trifecta, the handle seems to be slightly too long for the door.  I have to
> bow the handle a bit to get the screw on the front end (behind the trim
> piece) to go into the door.
> 
> As always, thanks for any advice you all have,
> 
> Thatcher
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Stephen R.
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