47 outer door handle sagging

Seth,
Yes the 33 got stuck towing the caravan, it took me 5 hrs to get it out with some help from a friendly farmer, took ages to clean the mud from the under side later.
But had great fun.
Lawrie
 
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Had the same issue on my 47 Ford. I just swapped out the driver side door handles and put on the passenger side and put the passenger side on the driver side. It corrected the problem on 3 out of the 4 door handles.
 
will do, next trip is sometime in feb, but Allas will be in my 28ccpu, this time I will be roughing it, only taking a tent and cooker,
Lawrie
 
Say Craig, just recently we were talking about you.
Glad to hear from you.
Sorry you met the deer. Never fun that.
I'm sure you will make Henry's handle right.
 
I know you this is old thread but any advice on how to put a new spring in place will be appreciated. I got the old spring out as detailed above but getting the new one in place is a challenge. I am replacing the smaller upper spring. 47 car. Thanks
 
Clrascoe said:
I know you this is old thread but any advice on how to put a new spring in place will be appreciated. I got the old spring out as detailed above but getting the new one in place is a challenge. I am replacing the smaller upper spring. 47 car. Thanks
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There have been several threads which go into better detail (use the search function to find them) but basically sometimes you can get a spring out and replaced without dis-assembling the latch. Usually the latch has to be partially dis-assembled. When bending tabs for dis-assembly first heat them red hot with a fine flame torch, bend to dis-assemble, heat again and anneal, re-assemble. Failure to heat to relieve stress and anneal will often result with a broken tab.
 
Same here - good to see you surface. An old timer fixed my '47 coupe door handles by switching them one side to the other - guess the shafts were worn on the bottom side. Rest of the assembly was ok. Regardless, it worked for me.
 
In the old boxes of springs you might find the spring retainer. Used if you break the tabs. Bought springs from vendors that didn’t know what the u shaped parts were for. Wished I had bought all those tabs.
 
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