[Spridgets] Early boot handle - lock barrel replacement

[WeslakeMonza1330 at aol.com]

Here is the answer to my own question.
 
Well I had the blow-lamp for another project I decided to apply some heat  
to the steel bit and give it a tap.  It tapped out and once everything had  
cooled down and I sanded off the rust found it will move freely.  So, the  
handle is now just a bare handle and can go to the chromers.  Also looking  
at the underside of the round base section it's clear that the steel piece 
does  have to move back and forth and my handle it was seized.  Final note 
(for  the list archive) - the handle is made of a soft, grey metal (mazak?) 
that has a  relatively low melting point as I managed to produce a small 
droplet of  liquid metal at one point.  
 
Regards
 
Daniel
 
 
In a message dated 15/05/2017 21:42:09 GMT Daylight Time,  
WeslakeMonza1330 at aol.com writes:

Hi list,
 
Remember the boot handle search a while ago?  Having found one I  fitted it 
to the boot lid with the 'mule' spoiler that the body shop used as a  
pattern for the aluminium skin and spoiler on the new heritage boot  frame.  Now 
that I have the lid back the plan is to have the boot handle  re-chromed and 
since I'm having it re-chromed drill it, not so much for a  weight saving, 
or to match the handbrake lever, but simply because I like  nicely drilled 
stuff.  The handle came with a lock and no keys and so I  drilled the lock 
body out (after tapping out 2 roll pin type securing  pins).  However, the 
steel square section remains in the handle and so I  have some questions I need 
answering before sending it to the chromers:
 
    Am I right in thinking that I don't need to try  and remove the square 
steel section
    for any reason whatsover?
 
    If I had a spare boot lock barrel (I ought to  have one) it is the way 
the lock barrel 
    works that allows or prevents the handle from  rotating/locking and 
moving the 
    handle?
 
    OR  those two steel bits I see are in fact  seized and should be free 
to move in and
    out of the handle shaft and it's them that  provide the locking action?
 
Thanks
 
 
Daniel

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