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Door Latches - HELP!!!

I've attached a picture here. I think my driver door latch is wacked. It always closed in a clunky fashion relative to the passenger side. The two DO NOT look the same. The driver side appears to be missing or the upper portion of the latch is out of location or sheared off. Please see pic and comment. Thanks in advance.

Jon
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Door Latches - HELP!!!

Reply #1 –
nos driver latch at greensales about $45 glad i bought one they have some in stock

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Reply #2 –
Looks like the piece is there.....just pushed all the way up.  Gonna have to dig it out.  Time, patience, and some wd-40 or equivalent will be your allies.....
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Door Latches - HELP!!!

Reply #3 –
Are your door strikers good, too? Sometimes the lack of plastic on them in time makes opening and closing a little more louder.
2003 Marauder 300B
1996-97 Cobra wheel straight but weathered (For Sale)
84 TC manual shifter handle no  (For Sale)

BTW, I had a 1988 T-Bird Sport way back when. I found out that it was totalled shortly after trading it in. It still has the ignition switch recall to date.

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Reply #4 –
I can get those things by the pound at the big yard I go to.Maybe I should start collecting more of the parts we rarely think about.
'88 Sport--T-5,MGW shifter,Trick Flow R intake,Ed Curtis cam,Trick Flow heads,Scorpion rockers,75mm Accufab t-body,3G,mini starter,Taurus fan,BBK long tube headers,O/R H-Pipe, Flowamaster Super 44's, deep and deeper Cobra R wheels, Mass Air and 24's,8.8 with 3.73's,140 mph speedo,Mach 1 chin spoiler,SN-95 springs,CHE control arms,aluminum drive shaft and a lot more..

Door Latches - HELP!!!

Reply #5 –
I think you should Vin. Our doors have 24+ years wearing on them
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5.0 HO 306 roller block, machined GT-40P heads, Wiseco dished forged pistons, Eagle forged floating I-beam connecting rods, Lunati pushrods, ARP bolts, Scorpion aluminum 1.6 rockers, Comp Cams Magnum 266HR, Explorer intake, 65mm TB, MAF Conversion, 19# injectors, Ford Racing stainless P-headers, 2-1/2" cat-less exhaust w/ Flowtech Afterburner lers , SC AOD with 2800 BDR torque converter, 3.73 T-Lok rear, CHE rear control arms, full 2-1/2" frame w/1" jacking rails & seat supports, Rear disk brakes, Turbine wheels, All original interior w/ floor shift upgrade .......
Pretty much every panel on my 87 is new, rebuilt, or re constructed. :D
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Door Latches - HELP!!!

Reply #6 –
Thanks guys. Yeah, it was in there. Needed to be rotated down. I assume it's just age and gunk preventing it from working perfect. I doused it with WD and reinstalled, seems to be working better but yes, the plastic on the catch is gone. Wrecking yard on Thursday after work. Probably grab a latch or two along with come catches with plastic. Cheers, always good help here.
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Reply #7 –
Quote from: daminc;314488
I think you should Vin. Our doors have 24+ years wearing on them


I think I will start stock piling parts like latches,hinges,etc.Stuff we generally take for granted until we have a problem,and these parts aren't getting any easier to find in nice shape.....especially up North where rust rules.
'88 Sport--T-5,MGW shifter,Trick Flow R intake,Ed Curtis cam,Trick Flow heads,Scorpion rockers,75mm Accufab t-body,3G,mini starter,Taurus fan,BBK long tube headers,O/R H-Pipe, Flowamaster Super 44's, deep and deeper Cobra R wheels, Mass Air and 24's,8.8 with 3.73's,140 mph speedo,Mach 1 chin spoiler,SN-95 springs,CHE control arms,aluminum drive shaft and a lot more..

Door Latches - HELP!!!

Reply #8 –
guessing hood hinges and latches and such would be a good stock supply too.
Oh yea.... charcoal canister brackets never survive up north either.
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***** Project "EVOLUTION" 1987 Cougar LS  & 1985 Cougar Convertible *****
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5.0 HO 306 roller block, machined GT-40P heads, Wiseco dished forged pistons, Eagle forged floating I-beam connecting rods, Lunati pushrods, ARP bolts, Scorpion aluminum 1.6 rockers, Comp Cams Magnum 266HR, Explorer intake, 65mm TB, MAF Conversion, 19# injectors, Ford Racing stainless P-headers, 2-1/2" cat-less exhaust w/ Flowtech Afterburner lers , SC AOD with 2800 BDR torque converter, 3.73 T-Lok rear, CHE rear control arms, full 2-1/2" frame w/1" jacking rails & seat supports, Rear disk brakes, Turbine wheels, All original interior w/ floor shift upgrade .......
Pretty much every panel on my 87 is new, rebuilt, or re constructed. :D
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Door Latches - HELP!!!

Reply #9 –
Oh yeah,I forgot about those.I'll make a list before I go.Your bracket should please you,and it was off the first car I got to.Afterwards,when I looked,they were all in the same shape.
'88 Sport--T-5,MGW shifter,Trick Flow R intake,Ed Curtis cam,Trick Flow heads,Scorpion rockers,75mm Accufab t-body,3G,mini starter,Taurus fan,BBK long tube headers,O/R H-Pipe, Flowamaster Super 44's, deep and deeper Cobra R wheels, Mass Air and 24's,8.8 with 3.73's,140 mph speedo,Mach 1 chin spoiler,SN-95 springs,CHE control arms,aluminum drive shaft and a lot more..

Door Latches - HELP!!!

Reply #10 –
Vinnie,
You keep it all at your house. I'll PM you when I need something. :)
Jon
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Reply #11 –
HAHA Yeah and Vucuum trees too! Lol Both doors on both of my cars did that dont worry, grease it regularly....thats what i do. lol the funny part is that I always got to blame it on ex because everytime they jammed, she did it! :rollin:
 

Door Latches - HELP!!!

Reply #12 –
girls are hard on things like door puls, door handles, and latches ;)  she's gonna kill me lmao

Door Latches - HELP!!!

Reply #13 –
well mine acted like the door was so hard to open but she just wasnt strong enough to lift the handle use with wrist power so she yanked the  outtta it, then i guess she thought she should slam it too... idk ill remember to ask her haha

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Reply #14 –
They're big heavy doors...shouldn't slam 'em very hard...if stuff isn't lined up right, or worn out, you'll have problems, just as sure as there is shiznit in a cat....
'98 Explorer 5.0
'20 Malibu (I know, Chevy, but, 35MPG. Let's go brandon, eh)