[Vinchenzo51]

well heres the deal, my car door was frozen and i had read in the past that some of you have broken your door handles tring to open it. so being the genious i am, i poored some piping hot water on the door to melt all the ice, but like the idiot i am, i went and put the bucket back and the hot water now has become ice on my door

so i ended up breaking my door handle, heres my question

i got 2 new door handles from ebay, all metal, real nice for like 18 bux, and i can steal some rivets from work, thats no problem either, but could is be something else that i broke!? i just got the handles in today and im going to fix them this weekend, is there anything else inside that i could have broken? like any cables or god knows what, i never ventured behind my door panels befor, am i in for a bigger surprise when i try to put these door handles in!?

 

[Vinchenzo51]

so there is a rod or something in there connecting to the handle!?

what are the odds of me breaking that too???

im plannin on jus poppin out the old handles and poppin in the new ones and slappin some rivets in... do you think i bit into a lemon with this one or is everything connected to the handle easily replaced from inside the door panel

 

[Vinchenzo51]

alright, thats what i was hoping, im a computer technician and pretty mechanically inclined and do about 90% of my own automotive work, but it just worries me that im going to turn a $20 fix into a $200 fix! :smoke:

 

[Vinchenzo51]

i got these handles from ebay yes, but thay are a ford part, stamped logo and some numbers i dont kno what they mean, came in a nice little Ford Family of Fine Cars box, kinda a cheezy slogan but yea, and u say alcohol will do the same thing??, i kinda wish i thought of that, well im going to get my drill now, lets see what i break next :happyhapp