soul-2-soul 3 Posted July 14, 2010 Report Share Posted July 14, 2010 As above the door plunger moves up & down with the alarm and the door handle is not seized. Assume that I need to get the door card off to investigate? Got delocked polo style handles. Any help would be apprecaited Link to post Share on other sites
jimmyb 2 Posted July 14, 2010 Report Share Posted July 14, 2010 hi there pretty easy to get of mate,just unscrew the bolts behind the door handle covers on the door card,unscrew the door plunger,remove(slide)the cover around the door catch,and with a bit of pressure pull the dood card,(i usually start at the bottom corner)its just on clips that pop out with enough pressure,be careful to not break the doorcard though,when all the clips are popped off just slide it out from under the plastic window thingy,hope its helped a little Link to post Share on other sites
soul-2-soul 3 Posted July 14, 2010 Author Report Share Posted July 14, 2010 thanks mate, will have a go at it tomorrow & let you know how I get on :-) Link to post Share on other sites
jimmyb 2 Posted July 14, 2010 Report Share Posted July 14, 2010 good luck! Link to post Share on other sites
bungy 2 Posted July 14, 2010 Report Share Posted July 14, 2010 Has anyone got a photo of a mk3 door with the door card removed? Link to post Share on other sites
vr6stormt 0 Posted July 14, 2010 Report Share Posted July 14, 2010 can you actually open the door to get the door card off? Link to post Share on other sites
soul-2-soul 3 Posted July 14, 2010 Author Report Share Posted July 14, 2010 can you actually open the door to get the door card off?Hope I can get it off without opening the door otherwise I am really stuck Link to post Share on other sites
jesterwalker69 0 Posted July 15, 2010 Report Share Posted July 15, 2010 You dont need to open the door to get it off but it is hard work and takes a bit of jiggling and flexing of the door car. I dont think you can actually get the card OFF the door, just get it lose and enough room at the handle end to get your hand in to pop the door open. Link to post Share on other sites
soul-2-soul 3 Posted July 15, 2010 Author Report Share Posted July 15, 2010 Ok thanks will try as soon as I get home from work Link to post Share on other sites
vr6stormt 0 Posted July 15, 2010 Report Share Posted July 15, 2010 Ok thanks will try as soon as I get home from workas above if you can take the pasanger seat out through the drivers side (unclip from the front and slide back out of sliders) this will make it so much easyer then just hook something under the bottom of door card and unclip enough to get your hand in you will feel the back of the handle follow the rod that goes between handle and lock and you should be good from there.....good luck... Link to post Share on other sites
soul-2-soul 3 Posted July 15, 2010 Author Report Share Posted July 15, 2010 Ok thanks will try as soon as I get home from workas above if you can take the pasanger seat out through the drivers side (unclip from the front and slide back out of sliders) this will make it so much easyer then just hook something under the bottom of door card and unclip enough to get your hand in you will feel the back of the handle follow the rod that goes between handle and lock and you should be good from there.....good luck...Thanks sitll at work at the moment. Hope I get back home early enough to give this a try today. Also hope taking out the seat is as easy as you made it sound! Link to post Share on other sites
vr6stormt 0 Posted July 15, 2010 Report Share Posted July 15, 2010 Ok thanks will try as soon as I get home from workas above if you can take the pasanger seat out through the drivers side (unclip from the front and slide back out of sliders) this will make it so much easyer then just hook something under the bottom of door card and unclip enough to get your hand in you will feel the back of the handle follow the rod that goes between handle and lock and you should be good from there.....good luck...Thanks sitll at work at the moment. Hope I get back home early enough to give this a try today. Also hope taking out the seat is as easy as you made it sound!yep slide it back first and in the middle front is a square peg squeeze it and extract,, down the side of seat ( hand brake side is a long thin cover slide this back and it will come off and on opposite side at end of slider is a cap pull off then just slide the seat right back and thats it takes about 5-10 mins Link to post Share on other sites
soul-2-soul 3 Posted July 18, 2010 Author Report Share Posted July 18, 2010 Thanks for all your help - got it sorted now. There is no way I would have attempted this without all the advice. So thanks again :-) Link to post Share on other sites
bungy 2 Posted July 18, 2010 Report Share Posted July 18, 2010 What was wrong with it in the end? Link to post Share on other sites
soul-2-soul 3 Posted July 21, 2010 Author Report Share Posted July 21, 2010 What was wrong with it in the end?Not 100% sure just had a fiddle with it & the door opens now! Link to post Share on other sites
jesterwalker69 0 Posted July 21, 2010 Report Share Posted July 21, 2010 Sometimes the lever that the polo handle catches to open the door needs to be bent slightly as the catch on the golf handle is slightly different to the one on the polo handle.So i'm guessing the polo handle might not have picked up the lever hence leaving you with an un openable door.I had to take my door card off twice in the 3yrs i've had mine. Last time i did it (about 2yrs ago) i bent the lever slightly and touch wood never had the problem since Link to post Share on other sites
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