Rear door lock and handles (Discovery 1)

1. Close the window glass completely.

2. Disconnect the battery.

3. Remove the door trim panel.

4. Remove the plastic door opening seal.

5. Pull the inner handle control rod out of the lock.

6. Remove the retaining ring and disconnect the inner lock handle rod.

7. Pull the outer handle control rod out of the lock.

8. Unscrew the two screws securing the lock to the end of the door and one screw securing it to the inner door panel.

9. Remove the lock through the upper rear cutout in the door panel.

Note: Further operations are performed as needed.

10. Unscrew the two nuts, remove the washers and brackets securing the outer door handle (access through the upper rear cutout in the door panel).

11. Carefully remove the handle from the outer door panel.

12. Unscrew the two screws securing the inner handle to the inner panel, remove the handle together with the intermediate rod.

13. Disconnect the lock button rod, remove the rod and button.

14. Using a small screwdriver (diameter ≈ 3 mm), press on the plastic clips of the locking bracket axis (access through square holes in the door panel).

15. Remove the bracket from the panel and disconnect all the rods from it.