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| LandRoverAnorak Member Since: 17 Jul 2011 Location: Surrey Posts: 11324  
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Remove door card and peel back water shedder to expose inside of door handle. Using pliers and a thin-ish screwdriver, tease off the spring clip that holds the activation bar to the cam lever on the end of the lock. Remove the screw from the centre of the back of the lock barrel and it will slide out towards the outside.
Reverse the procedure to install the new lock barrel. Sounds convoluted but will become obvious when you can see it. Darren 110 USW BUILD THREAD - EXPEDITION TRAILER - 200tdi 90 BUILD THREAD - SANKEY TRAILER - IG@landroveranorak "You came in that thing? You're braver than I thought!" - Princess Leia |
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10th Aug 2017 11:38am |
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| stigomery Member Since: 10 May 2016 Location: Cambridge Posts: 277 
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Getting the window winder off can be the trickiest bit, you need to get in there with a small flat head screwdriver and prise off the cir-clip so the winder handle slides off... I didn't find it too difficult, but others have had a nightmare getting the winder off...
Any you might need to replace a few of the door-card fixings as they break easily |
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10th Aug 2017 12:27pm |
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| miket Member Since: 05 Oct 2012 Location: Peak District Posts: 143 |
I always use a small piece of cloth to remove the circlip from the wider handles - I slip it between the handle and the door card and pull it in a sawing motion and the clip always pops off easily. No risk of scratches using this method. See here:
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10th Aug 2017 8:55pm |
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| Profyaffle Member Since: 03 Oct 2016 Location: N Yorks Posts: 527
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Great Tip Miket.. thank you..
 I always find thats the worst part of taking the door car off... 1993 200Tdi Defender 90 |
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10th Aug 2017 10:26pm |
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| zsd-puma Member Since: 09 Aug 2016 Location: Kent Posts: 2720 
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While that's a good tip on modern cars. On a Defender you can just push on the door card a bit and there is enough room to poke a screw driver or pen in there to push the clip off. What i will recommend though is buying new water shedders if you're going in there. They're not expensive and they almost always either tear when you take them out or don't seal properly when you put them back. That's if you don't find someone has already been in there and torn huge holes in it. A couple of Butyl sound deadening pads stuck to the inside of the door skin also make a massive difference. |
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11th Aug 2017 12:35am |
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| LandRoverAnorak Member Since: 17 Jul 2011 Location: Surrey Posts: 11324
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I can vouch for that. I installed some in my recently fitted new drivers door and the difference is amazing. It shuts with a very satisfying thud!
 Click image to enlarge Darren 110 USW BUILD THREAD - EXPEDITION TRAILER - 200tdi 90 BUILD THREAD - SANKEY TRAILER - IG@landroveranorak "You came in that thing? You're braver than I thought!" - Princess Leia |
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11th Aug 2017 5:43am |
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