"Perry Noid" <nobody@home.com> wrote in message
newsHUki.23700$3a.10633@bignews9.bellsouth.net.. .
>
> the car: '89 240 wagon
> the problem: The outside handle on the drivers door is getting a little
> "loose". That is, there more play in it than in the others. I checked
> inside
> the door, and it doesn't seem to be in the linkage, so I'm guessing that
> over the years, the metal in the hinge of the handle has just worn away
> slowly.
>
> Of course, the other 3 door handles are still pretty firm, since they
> don't
> get anywhere near the use that the driver door gets. I was wondering if
> the
> handle mechanism for the two left-side doors would be the same? That is,
> could I swap the left rear handle to the left front, and get a few more
> years out of it?
>
> parrot33 at hotmail dot com
>


Just take the handle out and look at it, you'll see the problem I'm sure.
All four handles are identical, go to a junkyard and pick up another one, it
should cost next to nothing.