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Door latches

GreatOldOne 11 Apr 2012, 8:14pm
Does anyone know who makes the door latches Marlin supply?

I'd like to swap the plastic handles that are fitted to something a little nicer, and before I go to the trouble of designing and machining something up in class, I wondered if the company that makes the latches might have something to swap over to.

Ta,

Jason
GreatOldOne 13 Apr 2012, 7:20am
Yep, they're the ones. Thanks Pete! :)
GreatOldOne 13 Apr 2012, 11:20am
Just rang steadalls, and they don't do any different push on handles for these locks.

Guess I'd better get scribbling then... :)
peterux 13 Apr 2012, 5:14pm
GreatOldOne wrote:
Just rang steadalls, and they don't do any different push on handles for these locks.


That's a shame as they seem to a lot of other interesting 'bling'

Maybe some of the Cobra replica suppliers may have something that could fit or be adapted?
GreatOldOne 15 Apr 2012, 8:19pm
Turns out, B&Q are still selling car parts. :)

I found this:



And turned it into this:



I started by cutting a hole in the chromed plastic plug that fits in the bottom of the light pull:



This slips on to the lock handle:



I then cut the light pull down to 40mm, and drilled and tapped two 4mm holes for some grub screws:



Then they get slipped on to the door lock, onto the collar and the screws tightened.



I'm really please how they've turned out - all I need to do now is paint the lock arm black so they match. For some reason when I got my bits from Marlin many moons ago, they sent one plated in silver, and another in passivated yellow.