Blue99
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- Location
- Chicago
- Vehicle Year
- 99
- Make / Model
- Ford Ranger
My son's 1999 Supercab has the infamous stuck rear passenger door. The cable/handle/release works just fine,
it's the guts of the latch that are rusted and won't release. It's frozen. PB Blaster, etc., no-go.
We have a door from the boneyard in the right year and color, so we just want to remove this door.
I believe I need to cut the part the latch grabs, the "catch bar" that attaches to the body. Due to a rust hole that
my son is willing to expand a bit, we can get a hacksaw blade on it. I -think- that's the way to go, but slow.
For those of you that have cut your way out of this problem, how did you go about it? Is poking a hacksaw blade
in there a slow but workable idea?
I'm about ready to take a cutoff wheel and the remove the whole lower corner of the door!
Thank you for your time.
it's the guts of the latch that are rusted and won't release. It's frozen. PB Blaster, etc., no-go.
We have a door from the boneyard in the right year and color, so we just want to remove this door.
I believe I need to cut the part the latch grabs, the "catch bar" that attaches to the body. Due to a rust hole that
my son is willing to expand a bit, we can get a hacksaw blade on it. I -think- that's the way to go, but slow.
For those of you that have cut your way out of this problem, how did you go about it? Is poking a hacksaw blade
in there a slow but workable idea?
I'm about ready to take a cutoff wheel and the remove the whole lower corner of the door!
Thank you for your time.