Door latches
 

Does anyone know who makes the door latches Marlin supply?

I'd like to swap the plastic handles that are fitted to something a little nicer, and before I go to the trouble of designing and machining something up in class, I wondered if the company that makes the latches might have something to swap over to.

Ta,

Jason

Hi Jason,

I think these are the ones......

http://www.stedall.co.uk/acatalog/p79.pdf

cheers, Peter

Yep, they're the ones. Thanks Pete! :)

Just rang steadalls, and they don't do any different push on handles for these locks.

Guess I'd better get scribbling then... :)

That's a shame as they seem to a lot of other interesting 'bling'

Maybe some of the Cobra replica suppliers may have something that could fit or be adapted?

Turns out, B&Q are still selling car parts. :)

I found this:

http://greatoldone.squarespace.com/s.../lightpull.jpg

And turned it into this:

http://greatoldone.squarespace.com/s...doorhandle.jpg

I started by cutting a hole in the chromed plastic plug that fits in the bottom of the light pull:

http://greatoldone.squarespace.com/s...ndlecollar.jpg

This slips on to the lock handle:

http://greatoldone.squarespace.com/s...dlecollar2.jpg

I then cut the light pull down to 40mm, and drilled and tapped two 4mm holes for some grub screws:

http://greatoldone.squarespace.com/s...dlefixings.jpg

Then they get slipped on to the door lock, onto the collar and the screws tightened.

http://greatoldone.squarespace.com/s...oorhandles.jpg

I'm really please how they've turned out - all I need to do now is paint the lock arm black so they match. For some reason when I got my bits from Marlin many moons ago, they sent one plated in silver, and another in passivated yellow.