Re: Broken 40 Pickup Drriver Door Latch
If it is a broken spring it should be a fairly straightforward repair. Known "gotcha's": You may have to disassemble the latch by bending folded over tabs. Done cold they will break. Heat them cherry red, then cool and bend. Remove the part, then heat the tabs again and straighten and hammer anneal while red. Then re-install cold. Many vendors will sell a "1938" or "1940" replacement spring, that is good as far as most passenger cars. Pickup/Truck latches often use another spring so you need to go to a vendor who can compare to your original remnants or an original latch with the various replacement springs (I can do that).
The interchange on the latch is 1938-47 Commercial (all pickups and trucks). Not currently reproduced though Drake did at one time.
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