[Healeys] Taking door handle apart

[m.g.sharp at sympatico.ca]

That quote is a wonderful contribution to English literature from Dick O’Kane.  He provided it in the Introduction to CH 2 in his classic book “How  to Repair Your Foreign Car, a guide for the beginner, your wife and the mechanically inept”.  In truth, he may not have been the originator, but it was the first time I saw it, back in 1968, and I bought the book immediately.  If you have not read it, you should.  Simply informative and hilariously written.

 

I just shocked myself when I grabbed the link to Amazon for this book.  I paid a few bucks for it, but it is no longer cheap!  There must be cheaper options somewhere.

 

https://www.amazon.com/How-repair-your-foreign-car/dp/B0006BU5GW

 

cheers,  Mirek

 

 

From: Healeys <healeys-bounces at autox.team.net> On Behalf Of Richard Ewald via Healeys
Sent: September 5, 2020 11:46 AM
To: Harold Manifold <manifold at telus.net>
Cc: healeys <healeys at autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: [Healeys] Taking door handle apart

 

”Hammer reseach”  reminds me of an inscription found on the wall of a Roman charriot shop ”Nolite id cogere, cape malleum majorem” which translates to: 

Don't force it, get a bigger hammer. 



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On Sep 5, 2020, at 8:05 AM, Harold Manifold via Healeys <healeys at autox.team.net <mailto:healeys at autox.team.net> > wrote:

Perry,

Thank-you for donating a door handle to advancing Austin Healey research.

Harold 

-----Original Message-----
From: Perry Small [mailto:healeyguy at aol.com] 
Sent: Saturday, September 05, 2020 6:20 AM
To: Harold Manifold
Cc: healeys
Subject: Taking door handle apart

Sometimes the only way to get to an answer is a bit of hammer research. 
Must have about 40 pitted nasty handles in the bin so why not find out what
the middle sized pin is (or was). Picked a really corroded one to start
with. Large tube knocked out fairly easily. Same with the small diameter
pin. Middle size pin required a bit more, a drill. Small hole first to see
if indeed it was peened on the ends. Increased hole size  and fiddled with
moving the pin and parts. Would not come apart until the hole was full pin
diameter. Does not appear to have been preened just corroded in place. 
P


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