Replaced door handle, Door doesn't open?

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I recently experienced the joy of replacing a broken door handle and as many of you know it was a royal pain in the ass. After buttoning everything back up (with the exception of the interior door panel) I close the door and pull on the new handle, to my suprise nothing happens. SO i climb back in and looking inside the door I can see that when I pull up on the handle the connecting rod goes down. (or up, i can't remember right now) the point is that the handle is attached via a little white clip to a rod that does something but doesnt open the door.

Any ideas as to what I might have done wrong? I don't really feel like pulling the passenger side apart to see which one of these things is not like the other on account of its been about 20 degrees outside lately.

I noticed during installation that the white clip could be attached in either an up or down position. By that I mean the clip swivelded in a way that it could be atteced higher or lower on the bar. I believe I installed mine in such a way that the clip was attached right at the base of the slight bend in the rod.

Sorry if I am not being descriptive enough, just ask if you need any more info to make an educated opinion of whats going on here.

Thanks in advance dudes.


Dave

 

[DGajre777]

If the rod and the clip are in that position, the handle should open the door.

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Okay by looking at that I'm thinking that I just have the clip attached to the rod but the rod is not in that hole like that. That may be my problem. Ill go take a look and see if thats it.

 

[DGajre777]

Okay by looking at that I'm thinking that I just have the clip attached to the rod but the rod is not in that hole like that. That may be my problem. Ill go take a look and see if thats it.

The rod has to be in that hole. That is how the handle opens the door.

 

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Exactly right. I didn't have the rod through the hole I just had it clipped on. Now its all put back together and working fine.

This car has been sitting for the better part of a year due to me having the dashboard apart and breaking the door handle plus I thought the starter was out but it turns out that the battery was so dead it wouldn't take a jump start.

Any advice as to things that need to be done to a car that has been sitting for a while besides

Oil change
New gas
Auto tranny flush
????

 

[OneSlowL36]

Most manufacturers are against flushing transmissions. It can force debris through the trans and possibly finish off an already dirty filter. My instructor has been a trans guy for 15+ years and said to follow a good interval for the application and do pan drops/filter changes. You should never have a fluid issue.


Check all vacuum hoses for cracks and put a new fuel filter on.