Hi guys,

I've got a 1970 Leyland Mini Clubman and I need to find an exterior door handle as mine somehow fell off, but I have looked at heaps of English and some Aus sites and can't find one. I saw one on eBay but it was rusted and in poor condition. Is this part normally so hard to find? I will go with the eBay one if nothing else is available. Do you have any info that could help?

Thanks!

Stefano

They were only fitted to late Australian cars, so you won't find any in the UK

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http://minisport.com.au/secondhand-parts

They are a bit expensive, but they do have them

Try mini kingdom online john should have some

That mini sport place must be the only parts place in south aus so the can charge what they want

I have a spare one, pm if want.

There is a pair on ebay now

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/1973-Leyland ... 419981a364

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I also have them in stock
Matt
Bne

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No offence intended here but--> anyone writing a book about minis 30 years ago may not have experienced such worn or stuffed-with components as we are finding these days.

You should put your heart & soul into everything you do.

Thanks so much for the help guys! I have a friend who is saying he can find it for me so I'll try my luck with him. If not, I'll be are to hit you up!

Cheers,

Stefano

Remember that they are handed (left & right) and it's always the driver's side that wears out where the pull rod goes into the hole in the tab under the handle.
Then people just try pulling up harder and snap them off.

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Too many cars, and too little time.

Hi, hope you don't mind me digging up an old post. I'm looking at purchasing a 1978 leyland mini and the driver's side door handle is "floppy". The owner said something about a pin snapping inside so I wanted to find out whether I can realistically fix the issue without spending more than a couple of hundred dollars. I'm wondering if it is the pull rod as you've described and if so whether that's a part I can easily find?

Appreciate any suggested contacts or links. Great forum by the way!

Cheers,
Bas

If the handle has gone floppy, then I'm afraid it's at the stage where one of the hinge pins has been snapped off and it's time to fit a new handle. One of the suppliers mentioned above should be able to help.

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Too many cars, and too little time.

Sometimes you can replace the pins that the flap hinges on. I've had the pins slide out but stay trapped in there. I've also seen them with the socket that the pins press into all broken, in which case there's not much you can do. Its one of those horrible soft diecast alloys that are very hard to repair.

Tim

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1951 Morris Commercial J Type Van
1955 BSA C11G
1961 Morris Mini Traveller
1969 Triumph TR6R
1977 Leyland Moke Californian

Thanks for the responses. That's helped.

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Are .orris 1500 ones the sMe?

According to the parts book - YES, same part number.

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VMCI #43