Door Handles

 October 2021

Decided to get new chrome exterior door handles as these were the only chrome parts that were not up to par with the rest.

Front handles

For these I purchased a new pair of front door handle assemblies, from Abingdon MG, at a cost of £216..wow! Did manage to sell the old pair for a net £30 on ebay.

Process of removal and replacement was not too bad, just had to undo all the frame fastenings and raise the frame almost out of the door to allow for the handle assembly to be extracted. The two nuts under the quarter light were a bit of a challenge but were not seized and undone easily using a 7/16 box spanner and ratchet ring spanner fitted on the other end of the box spanner. Just  need lots of patience!

Did find a spacer bracket missing from one door. Made a new one and fitted it.

Rear handles

As I could'nt find any new rear handles for a 4 door I removed the old ones. Removal was much easier than the front, just had to remove the locking mechanism screws (2 off), the escutcheon plate (1 screw) and the 3 screws holding the door handle assemblies. Then moved the lock out of the way to allow the handle assemblies to be removed.

Disassembled each handle from the assembly and had them re chromed at Chromefix, Birmingham, at a cost of £70 the pair.

Replaced the return springs in each before fitting back to the door. 

Overall probably added little value to the car...but one more job done.