Door latches

[GreatOldOne]

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

[peterux]

Hi Jason,

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

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

cheers, Peter

[GreatOldOne]

Yep, they're the ones. Thanks Pete!

[GreatOldOne]

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

Guess I'd better get scribbling then...

[peterux]

Originally Posted by GreatOldOne

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

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?

[GreatOldOne]

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

I found this:



And turned it into this:



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



This slips on to the lock handle:



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



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



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.