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Old 03-25-2024, 07:21 AM   #4
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Question Re: Key door lock will not lock

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Originally Posted by cjc56 View Post

I have a 1958 ford ranchero that im restoring. Bought new key locks for doors and new lock pawls. Problem is the key will unlock door but it won't lock it. Any ideas? I don't see anything in manual.
You bought new cylinders and keys and new latches? Were they NOS or aftermarket?

Does the key turn the cylinder both ways without being connected to the latch?

Does the latch lock/unlock easily without the actuating rod being connected to the cylinder? Those rods do have an adjustment.
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I had the same problem with a Powerglide ... no matter how hard I tried, I could NOT get that thing to shift into 3rd.
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