Drivers Door spring for a 37 Plymouth

[SteveR]

My drivers door spring has broken. I am trying to figure out where it goes as it fell out of the door. I tried looking at the passenger side for a reference but I can't see it in there. Before I remove the whole latch mechanism I would like to understand where this spring goes. Also are the rear door spring the same as the front?

[SteveR]

By door spring I mean the door handle coil spring. Right now the door will not latch. Not good for going around corners especially right handed ones.

[plymjim]

Steve, in your original post back in October I referenced "Don's Auto parts".

His web site has pictures with measurements of these springs. If you found all

the pieces of yours maybe you could match them up. I think the latch mech. comes out

to replace the spring. Hope someone else on here can advise you. Good luck. 

[SteveR]

9 hours ago, plymjim said:

Steve, in your original post back in October I referenced "Don's Auto parts".

His web site has pictures with measurements of these springs. If you found all

the pieces of yours maybe you could match them up. I think the latch mech. comes out

to replace the spring. Hope someone else on here can advise you. Good luck.

I did contact Don's Auto Parts however when looking at my spring and matching it up I find my spring is from a 38. The 37 spring is a different size.

Thanks for the advice. I looked on the internet and found a photo of a 36-38 latch assembly. So it looks like I have to pull the assembly. Maybe I was too cautious but over here you don't have many luxuries if something goes wrong.