Chasing a driver’s outer door handle for my ute. Chrome quality is not important, but needs to work well! Getting tired of ‘repairing’ it (the button keeps getting stuck in)
Also: not so urgent, but I’m chasing a speedometer. Mine sounds like it has spun a main bearing… and whips back & forth from 20 - 100mph after a few minutes at highway speeds. So the cable is disconnected permanently now.
I think I have a spare second hand door handle I just need to find it! I will look tomorrow and advise. With your speedo it might just need lubricating with a couple drops of fine oil, as mine did. It was so tight to turn it broke the cable inner.
I will have a handle over here if you cant turn one up locally - as for your speedo mate best thing to do is just get it serviced, about $150 over here so probably $80 over there .......
I started with nothing and still have most of it left.
Foundation member #61 of FB/EK Holden club of W.A.
In the Shed wrote: Sun Feb 15, 2026 10:31 pm
Hi Joe
I think I have a spare second hand door handle I just need to find it! I will look tomorrow and advise. With your speedo it might just need lubricating with a couple drops of fine oil, as mine did. It was so tight to turn it broke the cable inner.
Stephen
Hi Stephen, good to hear from you. Thanks for the handle, let me know
Yeah you;re right I should pull the speedo out for a proper look first. I am being supremely lazy here.
Some sage advice that got me out of trouble some time back:
ardiesse wrote: Wed Jan 12, 2022 3:57 pm
Speedometers tend to seize up, then the cable shears off.
Pull the speedo out, then try to turn the little bronze bit where the cable goes in at the back. It should rotate freely. If it's sticky, or won't turn, you've found the problem. Fixing it's not too hard -
Remove the bezel and front glass (you'll need a narrow screwdriver to bend up the bezel where it's folded over onto the body).
Undo the two big screws holding the case onto the movement and remove the movement.
If the rubber washer's come out with the movement, peel it off.
Right where the case goes on, you'll see a little (~3 mm) welch plug. Pull it out with a dental pick or O-ring tool.
Underneath is a felt wick. Pull it out too.
Now go to work with WD-40 in the hole. It may take a few hours to get get the gummed-up oil out of the bearing, but be patient. Once the shaft turns freely, put a couple of drops of non-gumming oil into the hole, wash and dry the felt, oil and install it, then the plug.
Reassemble the speedo.
Then inspect the inner cable. Make certain it engages properly in the back of the speedo, and also into the driven gear.
Cheers,
Harv
327 Chev EK wagon, original EK ute for Number 1 Daughter, an FB sedan meth monster project and a BB/MD grey motored FED.
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