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Model specific boards => Golf mk2 => Topic started by: Deefadog on 01 August 2005, 10:44

Title: swaping front door handles?
Post by: Deefadog on 01 August 2005, 10:44

Can i swap my passenger front door handle for my drivers one and still use the lock, i think you have to pop out the pin and swap the levers on them, is this right?

Title: Re: swaping front door handles?
Post by: Mr Blue on 01 August 2005, 11:14

Someone pass me a large hammer. Ill fix it deffa :cool:

yeh you might need to swap them over by taking the pin out :wink:

Title: Re: swaping front door handles?
Post by: Deefadog on 01 August 2005, 11:26

so it can be done then?

Will the lock have to be swapped also?

Title: Re: swaping front door handles?
Post by: Mr Blue on 01 August 2005, 11:35

think your ok with th lock. undo the screw on the barrel and swap the mechanism over if needed :wink:

why u swapping?

Title: Re: swaping front door handles?
Post by: Deefadog on 01 August 2005, 11:46

Cheers,

the actual bit with the thread hole has actually snapped, so my handle is falling out :)

I have the chinese handles to fit, but these are a bugger and i need to fiddle about with them alot to get them right! And of course  my central locking has packed up from the alarm! :) perfect :)

I got my C0 set right and fitted the weighted hift rod (big, big fifference)!

Title: Re: swaping front door handles?
Post by: Deefadog on 02 August 2005, 10:41

Managed to swap them over :) Bit of a bugger, battering those split pins out, but it worked :)

Title: Re: swaping front door handles?
Post by: Mr Blue on 02 August 2005, 10:55

btw whats the shift rod like? is it a tight gear change?

Title: Re: swaping front door handles?
Post by: Deefadog on 02 August 2005, 11:33

It's a bit like power steering but for the gear change!  :grin:

Just do it! Best thing i have done -  i don't get the second gear crunch an i can select first, first time everytime now with this on, much smoother also!

Title: Re: swaping front door handles?
Post by: takethefifth on 03 August 2005, 00:56

Hey Deefa, had to ask as i had heard about the weighted shift rod....  Which one did you get? Sounds exactly what i need! Don't get me wrong my gear shift isn't bad but it just feels a bit light and as though i have to put it into each gear rather than just letting it flow.. :evil:

Now i have been told that i need a special Mk2 one, someone said the Mk3 standard one will sort it......  Would it be rude to ask what part was it and where did you get it?

Title: Re: swaping front door handles?
Post by: Deefadog on 03 August 2005, 08:17

No rude at all  :grin:

Part No: 1HO 711 183

Price: £12.78

Yes it does just flow better, and that part is off the MK3 - but fits perfect!

Hope that helps

Title: Re: swaping front door handles?
Post by: takethefifth on 17 August 2005, 00:10

Nice one! It did help and for a whole 2 minutes work and £13 + VAT my gear change just feels a bit more solid. Nice and clunky!

Thanks! J.