So im in there right now and I got the closest nut off and can't find the other nut. Anyone got a diagram or anything? No time to search, today's my day off and gotta get it done.

 

Reason for me being in there is, car got broken into and the lock cylinder was drilled into so im replacing it.

 

I believe there is a circular or oval like rubber plug that you have to pull out to see the other nut.

 

One nut is on the right, the other is on the left. There is a little plastic plug under the door trim you take out to get at the nut. I think I had to raise or lower my window to get at it as well.

 

Someone wanna do me a big favour?

go to:
http://www.teamfc3s.org/main/factory...ual/1986_1988/

Print page where the door handle mechanism is shown.... Might help me out.

I can't do it because my computers being gay, only got notepad and when I try to download adobe reader or anything else it gives me an error. Thanks.

 

Thanks man ill go see if I can see what you speak of. While im checking that out, if someone could print page the door mechanism you get an imaginary cookie!!

 

Man I just changed mine on the Vert in like 10 mins a few weeks ago. Did it with the window down. Took longer to put the damn screws back in the armrest that anything else!

 

Alright I got both screws off, how the hell does the thing come out now?

Yea I found out its easier to do with window down.

 

Window down for one NUT, window up for the other NUT.

 

Took me a while to figure out to get the far left one with the window down. Took me 2 hours, and guess what? Still not done. You know that wire that holds in the lock cylinder? I couldn't hook it in properly to keep the cylinder held in there, the wire would just keep popping out on me. So I gave up once it was too dark out and my hands were frozen. The car is now a sitting duck, no lock cylinder in it.

Dont even have a clue how Turbo II did it in 10 minutes .... I was only expecting a half hour, an hour at most. Because im young, and haven't done **** like this before. Taking off the door panel is a breeze, getting the right nut was easy. The left nut I couldn't figure out, so I pulled off the door trim. Didn't solve the problem, than I rolled the window down and got it from there. Took the handle out, replaced the cylinder easily. Put it back in, and couldn't get the wire to stay. Played around with the wire for atleast an hour. Finally gave up, just stuck the handle back on becuase it was dark out. Then it took a bit to figure out how to put the door trim back on, which was roll the window down halfway then pull it down and through. Was annoying, someone come break into my car please!!!!!!!!!

 

Just a tip for when you're putting that rod back into it's clip thing... put it in where there is a mm or 2 going over the clip. If you have too much pulled up, the door is hard to open and sometimes wont. When I removed my handle for the first time I put it in high thinking it would work better. When I went to open it, it wouldn't even open