door handles

[ontarv]

do the later mk1 one door handles brake as
often as the early ones?

[gotrice]

I think I have some MK3 ones that are great and you can have for the right price. I have them on my car and a second set as spares but they are good and I dont think I will need spares so if you want them for the right price ($60) they are yours.

[Golf Loon]

There are different kinds. What year is your car?
Do Mk3 ones fit? I think they are Chinese ones that look like Mk3, but operate differently.
The original ones are ok, provided people squeeze them, not just swing on them.

[ontarv]

mine is 76 swallow or dove tail
mine brake in the lever
i ask because i have a full set of 77 doors
with handles and the way they work is different
so was wandering if they are stonger

[gtimk5]

The later door handles won't fit. Totally different door locks and mountings for the lock assembly itself. Sorry bout that.

[worm]

I think 76 mdl ones are different to all the rest... When I squeeze the trigger it PUSHES into the mechanism in the door where the later mdl ones push DOWN on the mechanism in the door... the best way I can describe it...... Mine started to stuff up.. I just glued a piece of fuel hose to the metal mechanism in the door so now the trigger pushes in far enough to release the door.... wow.. thats really hard to explain

[Golfwise]

I have plenty to suit just pm me.

[Golf Loon]

If you look at the two types side by side there is a pivot pin. If you drill that out, you can turn one kind into the other.

Time consuming but free!

[ontarv]

i want to set up for repaint so thinking of
using the doors when i do if there handles are stronger

[Golf Loon]

Purists would immediately pick the non authentic door latchers as wrong for that yearmodel.

[ontarv]

Purists would immediately pick the non authentic door latchers as wrong for that yearmodel.

if it was a gti i could understand that!
but a purist wouldn't weld in a xb gt bonnet either

[brackie]

Welding rod

I fixed the trigger on the passenger door handle of my silver GLD with a piece of welding rod. Not original but it works
The most important thing to do is to lubricate the mechanism. If this is nice and slippery the latches will work nice and smoothly. If they're stiff then you'll end up breaking the trigger.

Oh.. Does anybody have some door handle gaskets for the Mk1?

And while we're on the subject of handles...what about locks? My red GLD has keys that are so worn my Mrs refuses to take it to town in fear that she can't unlock it (I can...there's a knack ) I went into a Mr Fixit in Devonport and a very rude proprietor told me that if he cut a new key for me the "peaks" on the profile wouldn't be there so it would be no better. Gone are the days of a locksmith with a file

[gtimk5]

I reckon I have the gaskets Brackie. Will check it out later. Let you know.