Please help - back door handle on my Hiace broken!

[Merlin]

Hi all,

I have a 2000 Hiace with a broken rear door handle.

Today I went to the local wreckers and got a new handle, and pulled off the panel on the inside of the door.

Found the four nuts and dropped the trim off the back of the door.

Figured out which bit of lever gets moved when the door handle is operated, but I can't push it down - it seems like it's stuck, further down on the inside of the door where I can't see. :(

Can anyone tell me how to proceed from here?

Is there a workshop manual available anywhere? [supercheap and Autobarn don't carry one]

Or even just the pages that relate to the back door - are they available online anywhere?

Thanks in advance for any help...

B)

[~Dj Dirty]

We did it on my mates magna.... We tried and tried, gave up looked on net.. Only to find nothing!!!

We went to supercheap and there is a tool called a 'Door Handle Remover'... Bout $10.. Thought 'Why Not!!'

Bought it got it home, dosent come with instructions so took a while to get sorted... So just get the tool and mingle around with it to get it off.

[Merlin]

oh I've got the handle off no worries, I just can't get the door open...

I can see the mechanism in the middle of the door, I can pretty much get to that part ok, it seems like there's something down at the bottom of the door where the catch is, there must be something stuck down in that area I think.

[alenmoller]

Hi Merlin, 

I have kind of same problem. My van was stole I get it back fortunately, but now my problem is the door handle is broken and the door it's stuck, I can't open the door...

Was you able to open the door ?