Re: bloody old bits breaking...

[Colin <cwass99@home.com>]

     I'm off to the local graveyard to acquire the parts Monday.  Thanks for
yours (and everyone else's) reponse.  This looks like it will be almost too
easy ;)

Cheers,
Colin

On 17-Nov-01 MrAudi wrote:
> Ohhhhhh it's so easy. probably the easiest thing you will ever do on your
> roc. take the door handle off. on the back of the lock mechanism you will
> see a phillips screw. take it out. now you have to be carefull not to lose
> the tumblers in the lock. turn the handle over and gently tap it untill
> enough of the lock cylinder comes out so you can grab it. again be carefull
> not to lose or mix up the tumblers in the cylinder.
> 
> Jason Neubold
> 86 Tornado Red 16v
> 85 Tornado Red Audi Coupe GT
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Colin" <cwass99@home.com>
> To: "Scirocco Listserv" <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
> Sent: Friday, November 16, 2001 6:11 PM
> Subject: bloody old bits breaking...
> 
> 
>> Hi,
>>      I finally got tired of fighting to open the door on my little beast,
>> usually took several seconds of pushing, pulling and cursing.  I took the
>> handle off to see what was up.  Turns out the little Y-shaped doodad (note
> the
>> expert use of technical terms...;)) is cracked inside.  This would be the
> piece
>> that pushes the lever that actually releases the latch :(
>>      So, I can either live with the situation, start opening the driver's
> side
>> door from the passenger side or replace the bits at issue.  My question
> is, how
>> tough is it to transfer the lock mechanism from one door handle to a
>> replacement?  I really like having a single key do everything, so I'd
> rather
>> not replace the entire unit.
>>      I appreciate any and all help with this.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Colin
>>
>>
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