Some struggle!, but ive managed to fit the lock and mechanism on the passenger side, it still requires work as its quite stiff. Ive a feeling that ive fitted the external lock on the wrong door, if thats possible. It seems to me that the wire between the lock body and the external key lock is operating at an awkward angle. Can anyone tell me if these keylocks are handed in application?
Incidentally, as I was evaluating the wire linkage clips, I found that two of the clips were different to the others
having large diameter plastic components with corresponding larger holes in the clip itself. These clips fitted perfectly into the elongated actuation lever of the lock and resulted in a nice smooth positive action. As Ive said, work on this car has been going on sparodically for decades and I dont remember if I bought more clips during the time or if theyre original, but the two larger diameter ones look newer than the others.
You must think that I had a nice colouring in set for Christmas?! But I find it easier to identify and orient components when ive colour coded the fittings.
The red lever is the one with the larger orifice in which the larger clip gave a more satisfactory functionality. The green (Inner door latch) lever has the smaller diameter holes.