45/47 door vent window latch repairs

[SOOT]

Mudders,

When I was stripping my hj47 doors down for other repairs I noticed the little chrome latches/handles that secure the ventilating windows on the doors were a little on the sloppy side. Has anyone pulled these latches/handles apart and replaced/repaired the internal mechanism with any success?? Do your latches work like the one on the pics. They might even be available from toyota, I have the part numbers so I will have to check this out, but I don't really want to buy them if I can fix what I already have.


I have a spare one that doesn't lock so if no one on here can give me a heads up, I am willing to dive into this one to see what's what. Any advice is welcome! And yes I did use the search function with no success.

Thanks
Soot



Below shows the latch/handle in the locked position and turned up as far as it will go.


And turned down as far as it will go in the locked position.


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[Lupdog]

Soot, you might try asking over in the 40/55 section also. There may be more knowledge on these common parts like this to be found, although I just did a quick search and didn't find too much.

My troopy has the same problem that will need to be looked at down the track....

 

[SOOT]

Good idea Lupdog, I'll do that tonight and see how it goes.

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[SOOT]

Started a thread in the 40/55 tech section, asking the same questions. So if anyone passes on any info there I will link it in here.

Wouldn't mind a pic of one of these apart if anyone has one!

Cheers
Soot

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