[urq] Door handles?

[Ingo Rautenberg]

Im suspecting they sent you one for the rear? Or maybe for a 5k? As far as I
know all '81-'87 coupe door handles match front door (respective left and
right) 4k / 80 / 90 quattro or non quattro.

-Ingo

On May 5, 2011 11:34 PM, "Thatcher Hubbard" <thatcher.hubbard at gmail.com>
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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