How to install door lock cylinder
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hueyhoolihan
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complete fail on installing new locks on 1941 ford.
it seems they sell the locks knowing that in some cases the square stock rods are not of the proper length. and unless one is made aware of this before hand an hour or two of assuming that the rod is not inserted properly due to a number of things, like the door handle being in the locked position or maybe in the unlocked position or the cage screws being removed or not removed or the lock mechanism in the door itself being in the locked position or the the lock cylinder being in the the locked position or not, or maybe a few more things, will result in a couple of frustrating hours doing nothing constructive.
it seems they sell the locks knowing that in some cases the square stock rods are not of the proper length. and unless one is made aware of this before hand an hour or two of assuming that the rod is not inserted properly due to a number of things, like the door handle being in the locked position or maybe in the unlocked position or the cage screws being removed or not removed or the lock mechanism in the door itself being in the locked position or the the lock cylinder being in the the locked position or not, or maybe a few more things, will result in a couple of frustrating hours doing nothing constructive.
34fordy
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But, from frustration cometh knowledge huey!
hueyhoolihan
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if the door panel is off, or you're planning to remove it for some reason, or have confidence and experience in doing so previously such that you won't ruin anything. it's probably easiest to remove it. for then, it's a simple matter of slipping one hand up and behind the latching mechanism and grabbing the square stock of the lock that's been inserted into the door with the other hand and guiding it into the square hole in the door latch. even if it was a square piece of limp spaghetti it would be a simple task! ha
Seth Swoboda
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I put a piece of mechanics wire right through the front of the lock cylinder and it came out the back of the cylinder. I then used masking tape and taped the wire to the square shaft of the cylinder and used the wire as a guide to line up the cylinder shaft. It turned out to be pretty easy.
hueyhoolihan
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so you're saying that you stuck a wire right into where the key goes, and it came out the back right next to the square stock? i'm pretty cavalier when it comes to risk taking (some would say reckless) but i don't think i would have the nerve to do that. or the imagination to even think that that would work!
but if so....to quote Kipling, "You're a better man than i, Gunga Din!".
Seth Swoboda
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That is correct. There is a tiny hole on the back side of the lock cylinder. I noticed that it was there about a hour into this job. I thread the wire right through where the key goes in and out that tiny hole. The rest was a piece of cake. I figured that has to be the way it's done so I did it.so you're saying that you stuck a wire right into where the key goes, and it came out the back right next to the square stock? i'm pretty cavalier when it comes to risk taking (some would say reckless) but i don't think i would have the nerve to do that. or the imagination to even think that that would work!
but if so....to quote Kipling, "You're a better man than i, Gunga Din!".
When the shaft was lined up, I pulled the wire back out the front. A little bit of masking tape left on the square shaft but who cares. You can't see it.
I'm no poet. Just a simpleton with a V8 habit.
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