WTB: Outside handle for front passenger door

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garyfish
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WTB: Outside handle for front passenger door

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Well, it happened. A couple weeks ago the outside door handle on the front passenger's side of my '87 wagon broke, and now I can only open the door from the inside.

It doesn't seem like it can be repaired with any assurance that the repair will last. The inside of the plastic handle broke where the metal pivot was molded into the plastic. There are stress cracks all around where the pivot was, and I don't think that it can be permanently fixed with superglue or any other adhesive.

I've visited the one wrecking yard that's within 100 miles of here, and they don't have any suitable donor vehicles. (Note: In a post by Petros in June 2011, he noted that the "handle is common to all of the Tercels from '83 thourgh 86, and wagons through '88.")
https://tercel4wd.com/forums/viewtopic. ... 565#p49286

Compounding the problem, it appears that one or more of the plastic clips (that secure the rods attached to the pivot lever) broke when an overzealous passenger tried to force open the window and damaged the mechanism which was flopping around inside the door.

Any chance anybody out there has the part(s) I need?
1985 Tercel SR5 4WD wagon, 300K
1987 Tercel DLX 4WD wagon, 6-speed manual, 274K -- got this one running Jan. 2015 (had been sitting for 2 years); this has been my daily driver since 2016
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Re: WTB: Outside handle for front passenger door

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I'll have to check my stock this evening- should have one somewhere.
if it aint there, there's a good chance it won't break!
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Re: WTB: Outside handle for front passenger door

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Another byproduct of that failure is also door opening when the window is rolled down..

Too late now, but some careful prying through the window opening will allow spraying lube down on the pivot point. The cracking is from swelling rust.
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Re: WTB: Outside handle for front passenger door

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rer233 -- Thanks for checking!!
1985 Tercel SR5 4WD wagon, 300K
1987 Tercel DLX 4WD wagon, 6-speed manual, 274K -- got this one running Jan. 2015 (had been sitting for 2 years); this has been my daily driver since 2016
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Re: WTB: Outside handle for front passenger door

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PM sent.
if it aint there, there's a good chance it won't break!
83 SR5 Silver/Blue (Snowmobile/work beater)-totaled but drivable
85 SR5 Blue
88 SR5 White (the 'good' one)-not anymore-totaled
87 fwd silver wagon a/t
87 4wd dx Cream (a/t- not anymore- now m/t)
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Re: WTB: Outside handle for front passenger door

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Door handle found! ... big-time thanks to rer233
1985 Tercel SR5 4WD wagon, 300K
1987 Tercel DLX 4WD wagon, 6-speed manual, 274K -- got this one running Jan. 2015 (had been sitting for 2 years); this has been my daily driver since 2016
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