[Healeys] Door escutcheon fitting

[Austin Healey]

Thanks everybody for the help!

It turned out that my holes for the door handle were too small. Enlarged
them soo that the inner piece of the escutcheon could sink into the hole.
Not quite easy, but it made fitting of the handle possible.

Greetings:
Gergo



2011/7/24 robert westcott <55healey at comcast.net>

> If it is like the pins on my Jag MK1 handle I would just taper the end of a
> piece of appropriate size welding rod (shaped like the original sized pin).
> File a groove at the correct length of the pin (to weaken it at that place)
> push in the paneling to expose the hole in the handle using the length of
> the rod as a handle, insert the tapered end into the hole.
> Once it is set in place you can just bend the wire to snap off your tapered
> pin at the weakened spot and your pin will be secured in place.
>
> Rob Westcott
>
>
> On Jul 24, 2011, at 7:27 AM, Rich Chrysler wrote:
>
>  Gergo,
>>
>> The fitting of these escutcheons is critically dependent on how thin and
>> how
>> flexible the door panel material might be. I have had no problem fitting
>> original or reproduction handles and escutcheons to customers cars. The
>> door
>> panel must be pushed well in to allow the escutcheon to compress and the
>> tapered end of the lock pin to be started.
>>
>> Rich
>>
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