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SofaKing · 09-10-2016, 10:42 AM

I've got what appears to be a 1940 passenger door on my 1939 pu. The inner passenger door handle moves one way to open and the other way to lock. When I disassembled it there was a chain attached to a spring and stud on one end and the handle linkage on the other. It looked to be an improvisation so I removed it. I now notice that it was applying spring pressure to that linkage to hold it in the unlock position. Now that I can drive the truck the linkage migrates from "unlock" to "lock" but mostly just between the two rendering it immovable.

My question: does anyone have the body manual showing if there was originally any type of supplemental spring on the door handle mechanism or a photo of it?

If not, does anyone have a good source for a replacement OEM spring? I hate to go back to the Rube Goldberg affair that I removed.
Thanks

09-10-2016, 10:42 AM	#1
SofaKing Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2014 Location: Salt Lake City, Utah Posts: 756	Passenger Door Latch Mechanism I've got what appears to be a 1940 passenger door on my 1939 pu. The inner passenger door handle moves one way to open and the other way to lock. When I disassembled it there was a chain attached to a spring and stud on one end and the handle linkage on the other. It looked to be an improvisation so I removed it. I now notice that it was applying spring pressure to that linkage to hold it in the unlock position. Now that I can drive the truck the linkage migrates from "unlock" to "lock" but mostly just between the two rendering it immovable. My question: does anyone have the body manual showing if there was originally any type of supplemental spring on the door handle mechanism or a photo of it? If not, does anyone have a good source for a replacement OEM spring? I hate to go back to the Rube Goldberg affair that I removed. Thanks