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Drivers door lock mechanism lever broken. #1
Apples Jeff A Calamvale, Queensland, Australia Sign in to contact	Topic Creator (OP) Oct 30, 2014 07:09 AM Joined 9 years ago 17 Posts

This is my first post to the Forum so please be kind with your advice.

I have recently purchased an MG TF 135 80th Anniversary edition Number 39 and going through the process of tidying it up. I am sure you have all been through this with a new toy. So I have a lot to learn about the car. The first one was that it has very big brakes for a little car.

My query tonight is that the inside handle does not operate the door release and I have found that the small white lever that attaches to the cable from the inside handle and the rod from the outside handle is broken. So it operates from the outside but not the inside.

The question is can I buy one of these or do I have to buy the whole lock and which includes the central locking mechanism. I am in Australia so is right hand drive and I can not just walk down the road for parts.

Any suggestions greatly appreciated.

Apples

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Re: Drivers door lock mechanism lever broken. #2
79mgbv8 Gil Price Constable NY, USA Sign in to contact 1971 MG MGB GT 1976 MG MGB 1979 MG MGB V8 Conversion "Rumble Bee"	Oct 30, 2014 08:01 AM Joined 17 years ago 1,257 Posts

Probably best to post this in Modern MGs thread they may be better able to help ...

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Re: Drivers door lock mechanism lever broken. #3
chris Chris Roop (RIP) Pendleton, OR, USA Sign in to contact	Oct 30, 2014 10:19 AM Top Contributor Joined 25 years ago 43,805 Posts

And welcome to the forum!(s).

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Re: Drivers door lock mechanism lever broken. #4
Rick Fawthrop Richard Fawthrop Langley, WA, USA Sign in to contact 1960 Austin-Healey Bugeye Sprite 1974 MG MGB 1994 Mazda Miata	Oct 30, 2014 10:28 AM Top Contributor Joined 12 years ago 6,724 Posts

Welcome to the forum
I am envious of your purchase.
I must respectfully direct you to the t series forum.

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Re: Drivers door lock mechanism lever broken. #5
RJUSKO Rick J Snohomish, WA, USA Sign in to contact	Oct 30, 2014 10:42 AM Joined 11 years ago 63 Posts

My 70 MGB latch has come undone X2 at this plastic junction.
If you have a "fixed" and a "loose" metal member that attaches to this plastic snap in junction like the B does, I found it much easier to attach the plastic to the "loose" metal member and find the fixed latch member to connect the two together.

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