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I need to pull the inside door cover off my BJ8 to see why I have to pull up the window while cranking. Does anyone know how to get the window crank and door handle off? /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/confused.gif
 
Yes, there is a peg or pin (Moss Catalog under doors & fittings, item 71) that holds the door and window handles in place. Push your interior door panel inward to expose the pin that goes through each handle and holds the handle on the stud. Then take a narrow nail punch or even a nail and drive the peg out by gently tapping on the punch with a hammer. Watch where the peg drops, because they generally fly under the car and hide forever. Moss shows those pegs as N/A, but you can make a replacement by cutting a small length of a 6d nail.
 
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I need to pull the inside door cover off my BJ8 to see why I have to pull up the window while cranking. Does anyone know how to get the window crank and door handle off? /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/confused.gif

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Ramon,

Despite first appearances it IS possible ! Pushing the pin out is a pain - I did it in the pouring torrential rain in Southern Ireland as the window was stuck open ! Pressing the door lining in far enough to expose the pin and at the same time use a suitable drift requires a bit of dexterity and it is MUCH easier if the rain isn't pouring down your neck <GG>

In my case the weld holding one of the guide channels had broken - 5 minute job when back home but a jury rig with a wire coat-hanger served on the day.
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I fully agree with the above posts. I just pulled mine off the BJ7 I'm restoring. I found useful a 90 degree punch I had located in my tool box, I believe from one of the cheap warehouse stores (harbor freight) came in handy. If the pin isn't rusted in it'll come right out. Otherwise you'll have to use a sturdier punch. Also, once the pin is out the handle may still require a little prising as they tend to stick to the posts. Also, a needle nose pliers may help in pulling the pin out once it has been exposed on the opposite end. Oh, BTW you may have to push really hard on the panel to expose the pin, helps to have another pair of hands. Good Luck.
 
next problem :replacing the pin!I ended up with two prongs taped to the handle which depressed the panel as the handle was positioned on its spindle (the extra pair of hands required referred to above).Needle nose pliers did the ticky pin replacing job.
 
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next problem :replacing the pin!I ended up with two prongs taped to the handle which depressed the panel as the handle was positioned on its spindle (the extra pair of hands required referred to above).Needle nose pliers did the ticky pin replacing job.

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I turned up an aluminium spacer (section of tube) and hacksawed a sector out, slipped it over the handle, pushed the pin in through the missing sector, and then removed the spacer.

Easy to write but it took AGES !!!
 
I have always been able to reinsert the old pin but in a pinch I've heard you can take a long straight section of coat hanger, notch it with a hacksaw at the length of the pin, then insert that end into the crank handle. Once it is in, bend and break at the notch.

Ditto on being much easier if you have a second pair of hands... standing on the outside side of the door and pressing the panel in.
 
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