What is the trick to installing the inside door handle??
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I've managed this before, but now I just can't get the door handle to slide over the mount. Is there a trick to getting the mechanism open in order to slide the handle over it?
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Put the spring clip on just enough to hold it but not so far that it drops into the slots. I suspect that it has dropped down into the slots which will prevents the handle from going on the shaft.
1973 L-82 4 spd
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Oh the door handles, Let me see I do believe a lot of foul language would be involved, whether it helps has not yet been determined.
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Loop a coat hanger(or similar) around the door latch end, and pull outward. Then you can slide the handle on, and remove the wire/rope.
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Okay, I managed to get it on today. I have to wonder how the factory managed some of these issues. . .
Thanks for the comments.
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I just realized that I was thinking of the window crank, not the door handle. I remember doing it, just not how. 
1973 L-82 4 spd
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