Switching locks
- Pull the spring clip out that holds the lock barrel into the fiat handle. Then put your key in and use it to pull the lock barrel out of the handle. (Don't just try and prise it out cos you'll pull the metal top off the lock mechanism and have to spend ages reassembling that little flap- not that I did this of course!)
- The lock barrel fits into the Alfa handle no problems. There's another spring clip holding this in.
- There's a big chunky bit on the alfa handle's mechanism that isn't there on the fiat's:
Take a hacksaw to it to make it slimmer like this:
I also cut off the section shaded here, as it was knocking against the window runner inside the door, and not closing fully when you released the handle
Be really careful with the plastic lever on the back of the lock. If it breaks you'll have a working handle, but no working lock on that side of your car.
Be really careful with the plastic lever on the back of the lock. If it breaks you'll have a working handle, but no working lock on that side of your car.
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