Door Handle Replacement

[Dan_Cicero]

All:

The passenger side door handle on my 1989 Mustang LX convertible is broken. One side of the handle broke and now the door can only be opened by carefully pulling up on the side of the handle that's still intact.

Does anyone know how much work is involved in replacing this? I've seen on some auto parts websites that I can buy the handle all by itself or the entire door handle assembly. Do I need the whole assembly or will the door handle itself be sufficient. (I know you'd almost have to see the car to determine this, but if the replacement of the handle is easy, then I'm going to try that before shelling out the big bucks for the whole assembly.)



Dan