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56sedandelivery · 04-11-2022, 02:01 PM

Do not know if I asked this or not so here goes. Getting ready to pull the doors off. There is a retainer? that keeps the door from opening too far. It is held on with a pin. I can grind it off and get it out but then what to replace it with?

Dobie Gillis · 04-11-2022, 02:24 PM

You replace it with this:

https://www.ebay.com/itm/313117987961

56sedandelivery · 04-11-2022, 03:20 PM

Thanks for the link. Hopefully it will come back up for sale
Hah, actually cheaper factory direct

Now to get the pin out. Ground off the bottom part that was flared out but it is stuck good. Tried a drift punch, no go. May have to try heating it unless someone has a better option.

Daves55Sedan · 04-11-2022, 05:08 PM

When I took my doors off, I used an electric drill with a bit that was a little smaller than the diameter of the pin. I drilled the pin from the bottom upwards about 1/8 inch deep. I had to hold the top of the pin with a small pair of vice-grips while drilling so the pin would not spin around while I was trying to drill it.
After that, you can crush the last little bit of the bottom of the pin inward and pull it straight out. I used a pair of electricians pliers to crush the pin all around. Of course the pin is un-usable after that.
At the time when I was redoing my car, I bought replacement pins from one of the repro parts suppliers. The new ones are a little different, their pins are a little longer and have a retainer clip at the bottom so the pins can't fall out.

56sedandelivery · 04-11-2022, 06:52 PM

I will have to try the drill as I ground the bottom even with the bracket and it is stuck tight. Vice grips will not even make it move. May have been wrong to try and grind the bottom. If that does not work may grind off the top and see if that works.

paul2748 · 04-11-2022, 08:02 PM

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The TBird vendors have the pin kit. CASCO shows it as part # 76001S. I assume it is the same as a sedan.

Hot Rod Reverend · 04-12-2022, 03:14 PM

TeeBird Auto has them like Paul says... at least that is where my replacements came from on my car.

56sedandelivery · 04-12-2022, 05:13 PM

Got some on order. I ended up grinding off the pin head and it popped right out

KULTULZ · 04-12-2022, 06:11 PM

Here's the FORD MPC info for the check assembly and pin (76001-S8) -

04-11-2022, 02:24 PM	#2
Dobie Gillis Senior Member Join Date: May 2012 Location: Middle TN Posts: 1,060	Re: 56 Door retainer pin? You replace it with this: https://www.ebay.com/itm/313117987961 __________________ Often wrong but never in doubt.

04-11-2022, 03:20 PM	#3
56sedandelivery Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2018 Location: Arkansas Posts: 525	Re: 56 Door retainer pin? Thanks for the link. Hopefully it will come back up for sale Hah, actually cheaper factory direct Now to get the pin out. Ground off the bottom part that was flared out but it is stuck good. Tried a drift punch, no go. May have to try heating it unless someone has a better option. Last edited by 56sedandelivery; 04-11-2022 at 03:29 PM.

04-11-2022, 05:08 PM	#4
Daves55Sedan Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Granite City, Illinois Posts: 3,008	Re: 56 Door retainer pin? When I took my doors off, I used an electric drill with a bit that was a little smaller than the diameter of the pin. I drilled the pin from the bottom upwards about 1/8 inch deep. I had to hold the top of the pin with a small pair of vice-grips while drilling so the pin would not spin around while I was trying to drill it. After that, you can crush the last little bit of the bottom of the pin inward and pull it straight out. I used a pair of electricians pliers to crush the pin all around. Of course the pin is un-usable after that. At the time when I was redoing my car, I bought replacement pins from one of the repro parts suppliers. The new ones are a little different, their pins are a little longer and have a retainer clip at the bottom so the pins can't fall out.

04-11-2022, 06:52 PM	#5
56sedandelivery Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2018 Location: Arkansas Posts: 525	Re: 56 Door retainer pin? I will have to try the drill as I ground the bottom even with the bracket and it is stuck tight. Vice grips will not even make it move. May have been wrong to try and grind the bottom. If that does not work may grind off the top and see if that works.

04-11-2022, 08:02 PM	#6
paul2748 Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Midland Park, NJ Posts: 3,982	Re: 56 Door retainer pin? Sponsored Links (Register now to hide all advertisements) The TBird vendors have the pin kit. CASCO shows it as part # 76001S. I assume it is the same as a sedan. __________________ 48 Ford Conv 56 Tbird 54 Ford Victoria

04-12-2022, 03:14 PM	#7
Hot Rod Reverend Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Lancaster, CA Posts: 917	Re: 56 Door retainer pin? TeeBird Auto has them like Paul says... at least that is where my replacements came from on my car. __________________ Lancaster, California Visit hotrodreverend.com to view hundreds of pictures and videos of the build of the 1955 Ford Club Sedan!

04-12-2022, 05:13 PM	#8
56sedandelivery Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2018 Location: Arkansas Posts: 525	Re: 56 Door retainer pin? Got some on order. I ended up grinding off the pin head and it popped right out