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55 Sedan Delivery T Handle

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I am rebuilding a 55 sedan delivery. In the process I had to take the T handle apart to have it chromed. Now I am having trouble assembling it. Does anyone have instructions on how to do this?

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chevman57
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carls 56
:hello: hi stetar and welcome. good to have you here.
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wallz55
I haven't had mine apart personally but the local locksmith did to key it the same as the ignition key. Get ahold of a local locksmith and see if they will take it apart for you and make sure its in good working order when you get it back from the chrome place.
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tjsdelivery
I've had mine out, but not apart. So, I'm no help!:rolleyes:
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wallz55 said:
I haven't had mine apart personally but the local locksmith did to key it the same as the ignition key. Get ahold of a local locksmith and see if they will take it apart for you and make sure its in good working order when you get it back from the chrome place.
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I had new keys made by a locksmith, but I had to remove the lock from the handle to get the handle chromed. Now I am having trouble putting the lock into the handle.

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r66ss
Welcome to Tri Five :tu
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wallz55 said:
I haven't had mine apart personally but the local locksmith did to key it the same as the ignition key. Get ahold of a local locksmith and see if they will take it apart for you and make sure its in good working order when you get it back from the chrome place.
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Do you happen to have a picture of the cylinder when it was apart? I think that a piece may be missing on mine.
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See my question - posted on this same board on 9-28 about a '57 "T" handle. Some really good advice came in about assembly-dissasembly. So, I have mine at an "old" locksmith right now.......I ain't doin' it.

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fmccullough said:
See my question - posted on this same board on 9-28 about a '57 "T" handle. Some really good advice came in about assembly-dissasembly. So, I have mine at an "old" locksmith right now.......I ain't doin' it.

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I figured out that the lock has a little piece broken off. I spent all last weekend at the AACA show in Hershey, PA looking for a handle and/or lock with no luck. I may have to try to fix what I have.

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henrys57wagon
Before I got a proper handle I used a garage handle, which fitted the tailgate and mechanism with no modification, something like this, good day.
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tjsdelivery
Looks pretty close too Henry. Good call. Forgot about those style handles. They use to be on a lot of garage doors.
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