Well spent most of Sat removing the door lock and outer door handle assembly to fit new ones to the passenger side
I bought a new door lock and fitted that latch and lock assembly for an Aussie mini, made new rivets and re-assembled it
The biggest problem was the dodgy spiral spring that wouldn't fit over the square shaft of the new handle
So after remaking the square centre of the spring i was getting close to finishing it
Lucky i had a magnetic pick up tool for retrieving the dropped screws etc

NOW the question is
Is it normal for the outer door handle mount to distort the door skin a little when fitting it
Or is there a secret trick to prevent this
I was thinking the new rubber was a bit thick
After what i did i feel it would be better to remove the whole door and work on it on its side

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1970 MK2 Cooper S

Anyone had this problem

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1970 MK2 Cooper S

Done mine recently Gundy. Doors were already on, a ning nong of a job but I didn't seem to have too much trouble. Only swore about 50 times so that't pretty normal.

Did you notice if the door handle surround had distorted the door skin at all

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1970 MK2 Cooper S

No distortion.

I wonder what's going on with mine

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1970 MK2 Cooper S

Never had a problem with mine. Is there a right and left side door handle? That might explain it?

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