Re: 1941 Ford woodie door latch repair
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Originally Posted by woodiewagon46
41, it's not that hard to do. I replaced the spring in one of my latches about 10 years ago. The hardest thing for me was finding the correct spring. Several suppliers such as Drake and Carpenter have door latch springs, but the Station Wagon spring is different. I was lucky enough to find an old time auto supply and the counterman had a box of almost every spring and '41 to '48 Ford station wagon was in the box. I might have an extra, let me dig around and see where I might have put them.
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It's hard to imagine a time when a box of labeled springs such as that was available at the parts counter.
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Owner/Operator of 'Jailbar Ranch' on the side of Mt. Pickett. Current stable consists of 1946 1/2 ton pickup turned woodie wagon with FH V8, 1946 Tonner Pickup with 226 H six, 1979 Toyota landcruiser wagon, now wearing 1947 Ford Jailbar sheet metal. 'Rusty ol' floorboards, hot on their feet' (Alan Jackson)
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