52 Dodge B2B door latch

[johnfred]

The door will stay latched if one uses the "pull 'er up" lock on the inside handle. Otherwise it is like some of my 60+ yr old parts - ornery. Probably a spring, but before I take it apart - the window mechanism has to come out first - and make it undriveable for however long - - Help! What does anyone know? A diagram or photo would be great so I can take it apart, look, laugh then cry.

Thanks

John

[Scruffy49]

Go to the Dennis Carpenter website (old Ford stuff). Look up the schematic for a 48-52 F1 door, Pilot Houses used a system that is almost exactly the same. In fact, the little slider in the door and the wedge it catches on ARE a perfect match, so are some handles and trim plates. The linkages in the door are very similar, I've worked with both era 1/2 tons.

That will give you a very basic idea of what the door guts look like. My driver door has never latched from the outside, is almost impossible to latch from the inside. I think mine just needs to be adjusted though, it sags.