Door panel question

[fireguyfire]

I’m installing a new interior in my 1940 1-2 ton; when I purchased the truck the entire interior was gone.

i had a question regarding the door panels; the springs for both the window winder and door handle go under the door panels, correct?

and the springs have a large and a small end. I seem to remember that the small end goes towards the door, and the large end towards the back of the panel, but I’m not 100% sure.

can someone help me out with these backer springs?

[lostviking]

I think the springs go under the escutcheon, then you have to push that down to get the pins in to hold the handles on.

[47 dodge 1.5 ton]

  Fireguy, you have it correct. It would work with the spring under the escutcheon but not allow the tabs to lock in door panel. 
  Just as a note, I bought (1) replacement handle and the small pin hole is drilled 1/8” off location not allowing adequate engagement on square shaft. This causes the handle to be very loose. I have not fixed it yet.

[fireguyfire]

Thanks!

[fireguyfire]

A follow up question on the interior. My new panels are fitting great, and a bag of mixed fasteners of different types came with them in a bag, with no directions on what goes where.

Tge door panels were pretty easy with the colour matched push pins, plus 3 screws with cup washers on the top edges of each door panel.

im now onto the kick panels and I know there are 3 plain slot head screws that go along the windlace edge of the lock panels (with no cup washers) as the original ones were still  in place on my truck. I’m guessing that there must be more than the 3 screws on the front edge to secure the kick panel in; can anyone help me out with how many and where the fasteners go on the kick panels?

This job would be way easier if the old interior was still in my truck when I bought it!

[fireguyfire]

Thinking about it I will likely have similar questions about the A pillar panels, and the headliner when I get around to installing them as well if anyone knows there stuff regarding interior panel fasteners.

[48Dodger]

Are you talking about this?

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[fireguyfire]

Yes, that confirms the spring orientation behind the door panels.

The interior kit I bought doesn’t have any holes for the fasteners pre drilled, and came with a ziplock bag of fasteners which is why I asked about the location of the fasteners in the other interior panels as well; I’ve got to locate and drill the fastener holes myself, and figure out how many and which kind of fasteners go with each panel.