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7. Door Lock!!!!

... now lets remove that lock ..... OH NO! ..... won't come out ..... the bloody window guide rail is blocking it!


.... reminds me of the clint Eastwoods film "Every which way but...."

...Oh well out come that window rail! .... by the way it's stated in the WIS also!

 

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8. Remove Window Rail

The window rail is not screwed in , but riveted! Best note which rivets must be remove!

 

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RE: 8. Remove Window Rail

... now for the tools for that professional removal!

Hammer & Punch(Nr. 3), Drill, and chisel

Essentially its

1. punch
2. drill head slightly
3. chisel head off

 

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RE: 8. Remove Window Rail

give it a slight punch to move the pin backwards in the rivet.

PS: No that's not a pic of me?. I got slightly more hair!.... not much!

 

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RE: 8. Remove Window Rail

drill the head slighty ... careful, not too much! We don't want to make that hole bigger!!!


.... then chisel the head off (I forgot photo for that one..... what a catastrophy!!! You won't be able to do the replacement now! ... just kidding! )

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RE: 8. Remove Window Rail

... same for the top ..... heres just the drill photo!

... remember .... punch -> drill -> chisel !

 

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RE: 8. Remove Window Rail

.... now we can remove that guide rail!

 

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9. Move lock knob to new lock

... now lets look at the parts goodies box!


... Notice the new part comes with the pull lever , but not the knob. You need to take it off the old one. The thread on the pull lever is not rounded (see photos at the end) , but has a flat side. This means that you only need turn the know 90 degrees (... celcius not fahrenheit , heh,heh .... just kidding!) ,,.....then pull out.

The idea here is that you can positionthe knob a the depth you require , then twist to secure it.

 

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10. Replacing the new lock

You got to do this before replacing that window rail!!!!

Note the exact postion, hole, angle that the lock is put in!. My mate here had to fiddle around until finding the ultimate route!

 

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RE: 10. Replacing the new lock

screw the lock onto the door!. This isn't really a good time to do it..... (I'll explain later!) ... you should really just let it dangle in there for the time being.

 

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11. Inside door handle cable

replace the cable in the original postion by feeding it back underneath the airbag!

 

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12. Replace the Window guide rail

Now here comes the bit that is supposed to be real easy .... but because we screw the lock onto the door became awkward!

 

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RE: 12. Replace the Window guide rail

YOu can either unclip the lift connector , or unscrew the lock again! We chose to unscrew the lock as it was a lot easier to manouver the rail in place!

NOTE: As said earlier don't screw the lock in place until you have the guide rail in position.

 

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RE: 12. Replace the Window guide rail

.... on second thoughts ... lets remove those lock screws ......



....ah much better .... why didn't we do that in the first place!!!!![8D][8D][8D]

 

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RE: 12. Replace the Window guide rail

Now lets rivet that rail in place .... WOW that's what I call a rivet gun! .... You are going to use a lot of "elbow grease" (muscle) getting those rivets done using your everyday handyman store rivet gun!

Glad he didn't get out the compressed air version or I would'nt have been able to continue with my DIY!
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13. Attach electrical cable for the actuator

.... with the not yet screwed to the door lock! It's much easier to connect the plug with the lock dangling down!.

 

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NEW DOOR LOCK PINS (KNOB)

I took the opportunity to setup a more refined look with pins from "matrixcar.de".

Ignore this step if you are not interested in new pins
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14. Replace inside door handle bracket

Note the screw for the outside door handle end piece.

 

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RE: 14. Replace inside door handle bracket

.. make sure that screw doesn't get lost![]

 

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RE: 14. Replace inside door handle bracket

Slide the bracket to the rear.

NOT HARD UP AGAINST THE END!!!! YOU WILL HAVE PROBLEMS ATTACHING THE REAR OUTSIDE END PIECE OTHERWISE

..... push up against the end , then move back a little.