Rover 800 1986 drivers door handle.

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Rover 800 1986 drivers door handle.

Post by Birdy » Sat Sep 29, 2018 3:29 pm

Hi guys, looling for a drivers door handle RHD, colour doesn't matter so long as it is in good working order.

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Re: Rover 800 1986 drivers door handle.

Post by scoobyh123 » Sat Sep 29, 2018 9:36 pm

I'll have a look tomorrow Ian but don't hold your breath! Any chance you can post a photo of it, just to remind me?
I haven't seen a Mk1 door handle for a long time and can't remember if they're different to the Mk2 handles.
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Re: Rover 800 1986 drivers door handle.

Post by Birdy » Fri Oct 05, 2018 8:52 am

Hi Dave, sorry for the late reply mate. The car is in Hamburg 260 miles away from me so can't take a photo but it is a MK2 not MK1. It's a 95 in British Racing Green, I sold it too a retired doctor in 2012 and he brings it to me every 2 years for its German MOT.

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Re: Rover 800 1986 drivers door handle.

Post by scoobyh123 » Fri Oct 05, 2018 9:14 am

That makes it 9 years newer than the thread title suggests then! :P

No worries abut the late reply, i've had the dreaded lurgy since sunday so haven't been able to look anyway.

Just to be clear, when you say drivers door, is it left-hand drive? :?:

If so that will be a UK passenger door handle. Of course if it's right-hand drive, it will be a right door handle.

Hoping to have a look a bit later today but if do have one it won't be green - probably gold so you might need to paint it. :wink: :D
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Re: Rover 800 1986 drivers door handle.

Post by Birdy » Tue Oct 16, 2018 8:44 pm

Hi Dave, sorry about the late reply been travelling a bit. The car is LHD so it is the front passenger door handle or drivers door rhd.

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Re: Rover 800 1986 drivers door handle.

Post by scoobyh123 » Tue Oct 16, 2018 9:10 pm

No problem Ian, i'm only just getting over the lurgy anyway! :shock:

I did find some earlier but they were rear handles, sure i've got others in front door shape somewhere else so i'll try and look tomorrow. :wink: :D
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Re: Rover 800 1986 drivers door handle.

Post by Birdy » Wed Oct 17, 2018 8:38 pm

Thanks for looking Dave ☺

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Re: Rover 800 1986 drivers door handle.

Post by scoobyh123 » Wed Oct 17, 2018 9:04 pm

You're welcome Ian, it wasn't in the place i thought it would be today, got a couple of other places with parts stashed safely inside my sheds but need dry weather to look in them, got stuff in front that has to come out first! :wink: :D
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Re: Rover 800 1986 drivers door handle.

Post by scoobyh123 » Fri Oct 19, 2018 6:02 pm

I've got good news, bad news and maybe bonus news Ian! No real way of splitting one part from the next so i'l let you work it out!

I've found two left hand door handles, one back, one front. Both are in White Gold but one at least (think it's the front one) was originally BRG. Could probably be rubbed back fairly easily to BRG or simply resprayed again.

Looking at them, the backshell is the part that is handed - the actual lift handle appears to be "one size fits all".

As it's the hooks on the back of the handle that usually break meaning you can't open the car from the outside, sliding the locating pins out of the back shell, removing the handle part and fitting it should solve the problem.

Anyway, i have these handles here, i'll try to get a photo later to show you what i mean bit it looks like it will be possible to fit the actual lifting part of any handle assembly into another handle assembly.
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Re: Rover 800 1986 drivers door handle.

Post by Birdy » Tue Oct 23, 2018 12:02 am

It's right hand door mate, so UK drivers door I need. Do you think its possible to push out the pins and replace one from the left door into a right side door?

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Re: Rover 800 1986 drivers door handle.

Post by scoobyh123 » Tue Oct 23, 2018 8:35 am

It certainly looks like that would be possible. The handles break in two places usually. Either the lugs on the actual handle part where the pins push through or the lugs on the backshell where the pins push through.

If it's the backshell that's broken on yours, you'll definitely need the right hand door backshell, if it's theactual handle i reckon they can be fitted either side, front or back. As far as i can see, the addition of the keyhole is the only difference between front and rear backshells.

I'll keep looking for the right hand handles, i'm sure i have some somewhere.
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Re: Rover 800 1986 drivers door handle.

Post by Birdy » Fri Oct 26, 2018 1:41 am

Ok thanks again Dave. The car is in Hamburg 250 miles away so not had time to remove the handle and see what part is broken. Will go up and see asap.

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Re: Rover 800 1986 drivers door handle.

Post by scoobyh123 » Fri Oct 26, 2018 11:51 am

Am i right in thinking Ian that the car has now expired its TuV so can't be driven?
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Re: Rover 800 1986 drivers door handle.

Post by Birdy » Sat Oct 27, 2018 1:18 pm

No Dave it passed it's TÜV in August 18 so good for another 22 months. I comes to me every 2 years so I get it tüv'd and any jobs it requiers.

All was well and I visited the owner earlier this month and he broke the door handle just after I left Hamburg.

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Re: Rover 800 1986 drivers door handle.

Post by scoobyh123 » Sat Oct 27, 2018 1:43 pm

Sounds like it will be good to wait a while then! I take it the owner isn't able to have a look himself?

I still haven't found the right hand handles but i'll keep looking! :wink: :D
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