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help needed!
« on: 24 July 2007, 08:21 »
i have a set of chrome handles but the mechs are different to what on my 1988 cab? i was just wondering if anybody knows how to change the locks and mechs over! i think the handles i have are form an old audi 80? cheers jeff

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Re: help needed!
« Reply #1 on: 26 July 2007, 13:11 »
in theory you knock a pin out of the handle, then the mech part will come off, then swap.  This may or may not work depending what car the chrome handles came from!
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Re: help needed!
« Reply #2 on: 26 July 2007, 13:28 »
i want chrome lol :D sweet
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Re: help needed!
« Reply #3 on: 30 July 2007, 12:50 »
hi there fella that what i thought but on the cab mechs it has a second scre in the mechs which is attached! and i cant see where you would have to redril the hole to accomidate the screw!

if anybody has done this i would be really happy if they can explain how as im stuck! plus after the respray my cab looking really good now and need help getting it to a state where it can go e38