Thanks for the info Harley.
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| Author: | drmini in aust [ Mon Jan 11, 2016 2:13 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Mini UK Mk1 or Mk2 door handles onto Oz windup doors |
A guy on the MM forum has asked me if UK Mk1 or 2 handles can be fitted (with mods) to Oz windup doors? If so, what mods are needed. I've not had any sliding windows on a Mini since 1968 so have no idea. Handles in question are 24A1140kit or 24A2083kit. http://minispares.com/product/Classic/B ... o%20search http://minispares.com/product/Classic/B ... o%20search Anybody done this? New Oz handles are NLA and good S/H ones are getting rarer. |
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| Author: | Harley [ Mon Jan 11, 2016 2:40 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Mini UK Mk1 or Mk2 door handles onto Oz windup doors |
I was going to do this on my deluxe but it wouldnt have passed a roadworthy so I'm glad I didn't. The mods would have been: Handle- shorten the square peg drive and put a circlip groove on. Door- weld up plastic peg holes and escutcheon holes. New holes are needed for the escutcheon as they are different sizes. |
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| Author: | drmini in aust [ Mon Jan 11, 2016 7:17 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Mini UK Mk1 or Mk2 door handles onto Oz windup doors |
Thanks for the info Harley.
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| Author: | Jonnoh [ Mon Jan 11, 2016 7:27 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Mini UK Mk1 or Mk2 door handles onto Oz windup doors |
I am looking into getting some new pins made to convert sliding window locks to wind-up window locks. They're much the same apart from their attachment (although the passenger's side is a little tricky as you need to swap the latch lever over). I'm not sure how viable it would be to get these made but I wasn't keen on making 100 of them myself. You basically just need to drill out the pins/rivets and replace them with new threaded ones so you would need to be a little handy. Jon |
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| Author: | IndigoBlueCooperS [ Mon Jan 11, 2016 8:27 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Mini UK Mk1 or Mk2 door handles onto Oz windup doors |
I wonder what the difference is between the UK Mk1 and UK Mk2 - I understand that both have sliding windows. |
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| Author: | drmini in aust [ Mon Jan 11, 2016 9:38 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Mini UK Mk1 or Mk2 door handles onto Oz windup doors |
IndigoBlueCooperS wrote: I wonder what the difference is between the UK Mk1 and UK Mk2 - I understand that both have sliding windows. If you look at the links I gave, it seems the Mk2 has a safety peg like our windup doors, to help prevent spearing slow pedestrians. Whether the handles are stronger than Mk1s (our 850 ones broke easy) I dunno. |
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