1936 Door locks

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Admiral Tom

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I want to install a keyed lock on my 1936 PU's driver side door. Can a passenger door lock assembly be somehow used on the driver's door?

Also, my current driver's outside door handle "droops" instead of staying at a 270 degree position. Is there a spring inside the door lock assembly I can change, or do I need to get a "new" handle? Thanks!
 
Admiral Tom said:
I want to install a keyed lock on my 1936 PU's driver side door. Can a passenger door lock assembly be somehow used on the driver's door?

Also, my current driver's outside door handle "droops" instead of staying at a 270 degree position. Is there a spring inside the door lock assembly I can change, or do I need to get a "new" handle? Thanks!
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To answer your first question, No they will not interchange.
To your second question.You need to pull the latch and see what the problem is which is most likely the spring as Tubman has pointed out.
 
A lot of times the square part of the handle wears along with the square hole it fits into.
For my car I searched for NOS Handles and latches — some cost me less than the reproduction springs
To know your problem you have to take it apart
 
My droopy door handle is due to worn square shaft and receiver in the latch mechanism. My fix is to always pull the handle up after I use it. There is enough friction that it stays in place, even after driving on a rough road. Could replace the handle with a better one, but the driver side latch mechanisms in like-new non-droopy condition are pretty hard to find.
 
Bob Drake shows a kit for mounting a lock cylinder on the left side of a pickup door, kit number BD-104-K. You also need to purchase a lock cylinder.

I also had a droopy left side door handle on my 1937 pass car. I was able to fix it with a new door latch. I think the old latch could have been fixed with a new return spring, but I didn’t pursue that when I found the new latch.
 
You can take crescent wrench to the square shaft and put a sight twist in it. Levels the handle. Along with a new spring
 
Thanks for all the replies! They all are welcomed! Heaven knows I need all the help I can get :)! Regarding DANLIVESHERE's response (I'd post him directly, myself, but I don't have enough posts in my que as yet to do so!) does anyone know of any "Down Under" web sites that might have a lead on a Rhd Latch?!
Thanks, again, for all your help!!
 
As well as twisting the shaft a little to cure the droop, if the shaft is worn severely you can use a wire feed welder and weld up the worn spot and then grind/file it square again. My fix on more than one.
 
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