hey everyone i m a newby here needing some help???

[4player]

Could anyone tell me where i could find a passenger front door handle in oz ???
Anto

[dlb]

there are a few australian members. look up gmeddy and mattel and drop either one a PM (private message). there are a few others but i can't remember their names.

[gmeddy]

I would also like to know. I need a new drivers door handle. Mine has broken and I replaced it with one from a wreck, but it too broke. I can't open my door from the outside now!
Is there anyone who sells them new in the USA or CA?

[Mattel]

Depends where you are in Aus but I know a wrecker at Geelong that has 3 tercs.

But have you checked the lever inside the door that goes from the handle to the door latch mechanism? these can slip out of there mounting on the latch pretty easy but if you look carefully after getting the door panel off you can see a little plastic adjuster that will help keep the lever snug in it's appropriate place.

Similar year corollas are also worth looking at as some of them have similar looking parts.

[gmeddy]

nah... mine has fully broken.
the see-saw mechanism has come out of the plastic.
there is one central pivot that the mechanism works off, and it is moulded into the plastic.
the plastic all around it that holds it in place as gone brittle and cracked up.
no glueing it either, too much stress for glue to handle.

[dlb]

no glueing it either, too much stress for glue to handle.

funny you should mention, i've used krazy glue for quite a few plastic fixes. i actually used it to fix the ripped-off driver side mirror on my project car, worked great. i've used it before on laundry dryer machine lint traps that have snapped off from the pull handle and it's held up for years. it's worth a shot if you haven't already tried it.

[4player]

Depends where you are in Aus but I know a wrecker at Geelong that has 3 tercs.

But have you checked the lever inside the door that goes from the handle to the door latch mechanism? these can slip out of there mounting on the latch pretty easy but if you look carefully after getting the door panel off you can see a little plastic adjuster that will help keep the lever snug in it's appropriate place.

Similar year corollas are also worth looking at as some of them have similar looking parts.

hey mate mate thanks would you be able to buy and post if i did a direct deposit in your account if possible???
thanks for tip

[dlb]

mattel is in japan right now, FYI.

[Petros]

That handle is common to all of the Tercels from '83 thourgh 86, and wagons through '88. They might even be the same on the earlier ones, and perhaps even the same year Corolla (but I do not know for sure). So this might help your search to know other models use the same door handle.

[Mattel]

Hi guys, just got back from Japan a few weeks ago, it's good to be back on Terra Firma as I would be woken up every couple of nights while I was around the Tokyo by aftershocks. But wow! what an amazing country and people. There is still so much devastation from March11 and still the earthquakes keep coming.

Anyway - the wreckers is below. Unfortunatly I don't go near that area right now as it is about 60kms away and they have a new ring road around Geelong. They are OK about removing and sending to you usually. If they wont' send.

http://www.grantsautodismantlers.com.au/

Petros - The 4wd wagon is the only Tercel that we ever got in Australia. Many people also call there Corolla Alltracs here "Tercels" it's the generic name for small toyota 4wd wagons.