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EFV-8 Club Forum / General Mercury Discussion / 46/47 Merc Driver Door Handle Removal

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len47merc
01-04-2016 @ 8:38 AM
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Thanks Tom. I assume at this point one must press with heavy force the center of the horn ring with the palm of your hand only to get it to rotate - ?

Steve

len47merc
01-07-2016 @ 2:59 PM
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Well, you learn something every day. Purchased a very high quality used matching 'Mercury' door handle for a reasonable price off of ebay, just arrived - trim under the handle would not fit into the driver's door trim. 'New' handle's 'tongue' that slides into the end of the trim is 1 5/16" wide/tall. The original handle's trim is 1 1/8" wide/tall. Wow - knock me over. Everything is absolutely identical but the width of the trim piece. Apparently I have a Ford handle 'assembly' versus Mercury? Shouldn't have trusted the ebay ad and asked more questions including having the trim piece measured (I actually had the handle itself measured but assumed the trim would be identical).

I looked up the two part numbers Tom referenced and perceived there to be a clear visual difference between the two. Need to open my eyes more.

Looks like I'll be disassembling two handle assemblies and combining parts - should be interesting flattening out the peens and creating new ones.

Steve

len47merc
01-08-2016 @ 7:49 AM
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For anyone that may be interested attached is a photo of the two escutcheons and the difference between the two. Disassembling the assembly was not as difficult as I'd thought it would be originally but it does require 4 hands to do it correctly and not damage the shaft or washers.

The top escutcheon with the surface rust underneath is the original, the other the 'new' used one from ebay. The handles, washers and springs are identical - only the escutcheons varied as shown in the photo.

FYI for anyone else going down this road in the future. Have not done the complete research to find out what the exact application is for what I purchased (the ad was consistent with my car and the handle and other components measure identical to my car), but I have confirmed that though the handle and other components are an exact match that the escutcheon, and ultimately the entire assembly, is not for '46-early '47 Mercurys 4-Doors Town Sedans, 69M-73 & 79M-73, respectively. Easy thing to miss, at least for me anyway.

Steve

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len47merc
01-08-2016 @ 8:48 AM
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Hey - the bottom surface rust of the original escutcheon cleaned up pretty easily with a rotary brass brush (compare to last pic) with ~5 mins or so of effort. Reassembly later today when my second set of hands is available.

Interesting the paint on the door under the surface rusted handle escutcheon was unscathed.

Steve

TomO
01-08-2016 @ 9:10 AM
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Steve,

My Body Parts Catalog does not cover the 48 models, but I believe that the side trim was the same width as the 42-early 47 models. The Canadian Mercury used a different belt molding that was a little wider than the USA Mercury, but I do not know if the handle was the same as the USA model, maybe Rusty knows.

Tom

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