The little plastic piece that covers the keyhole (slides out of the way when key is inserted) in the driver's side door handle has cracked/broken. Where can I acquire a new one? Tough to replace? Thanks.
~Tom

 

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Sorry....I changed topics after I found how to adjust the parking brake by searching.
~Tom

 

ok, you had me confuzed. I was writing a reply and when i was finished the topic had changed... i was like wondering if i got stupid from smelling my gas or sumthing

 

Tom, the plastic cover thing only comes with the lock set.

 

You're shitting me. How much is that gonna cost.
~Tom

 

http://www.rx7turboturbo.com/robrobinette/door_lock.htm

 

Nope. The only cheap way is you make it yourself.

 

I just went outside and looked at my lock.

The drivers side flap is gone!

you think this would be covered under warranty? i'm serious

 

Its about $50 from the dealer to get a lock with a new flap in it. Kindof a pain to take it all apart and back together but not too hard.

 

I had the same thing happen to me and to make it worse the little spring that held it shut went into the lock cylinder so I couldn't even get the key in all the way. Going in through the passenger side sucks!

I got a new one from mazdaformance.com , it was a little over $30 I think... but it cost $20 bucks to have it rekeyed.

really easy to change out... only took about 5 mins.

btw... those mazdaformance guys kicks butt! Great service!

drew
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I just did mine this evening. While I was replacing my broken my handle, I fixed the key flap. Rob Robinette's page describes only part of the procedure. First off, you need to remove the door handle. Then unclip (1)the lock cylinder wire retainer, (2)the small light bulb, (3)the other electrical wire, and (4)the small orange rubber clip to free the lock rod. Then slip the lock cylinder out from the back.

Bring your lock cylinder to a clean place, and remove the metal polished cover from the front of the cylinder by sticking a very small screwdriver under the rim where the tiny fasteners are located. Then remove the black metal keyhole slit. Behind that is a small spring and the broken flap. (My broken flap was gone- disintegrated!) Find a piece of translucent hard plastic and shape it(w/ jigsaw/razor blade/ sand paper) to a rectangle with two small nipples that fit into the small hinged indents inside the lock. After the plastic is shaped, place the short end of the spring in the tiny hole and place the shapped plastic on top. Hold the black metal key slit over the flap tightly and test the flap with the key. Reshape plastic if necessary.

To replace the whole door handle, one addittional orange clip needs to be removed to free the latch rod and the door panel must be removed to unplug the 2- foot electrical plug hard-wired to the handle.

Just reverse order to replace. Now the lock light finally works properly again!!

I hope this helps.

 

The guy I bought my car from kept replacing the lock cylinders with ones from the junk yard. I had different keys for the drivers door, the passenger door, and the ignition. The passenger door lock flapper door was missing as well.

I followed the directions from Rob Robinette's sight to get the door lock cylinders out and disassembled, found a local lock shop selling Mazda tumblers/wafers, and recoded my own lock cylinders.

A razor blade and a piece of the bottom of a washer fluid bottle makes a new translucent flapper door in about 2 minutes.

This whole project took about 2 hours, including trip to the lock shop, and cost a grand total of $7.00

Mike

 

Wow, this was a long time ago....yeah I ended up making my own out of a dental floss box. Pretty easy and fixed the light while I was in there. HTH anybody else.
~Tom

 

flap?

 

im with him ^

 

me too