how to take doors on and off like a jeep

[BCWs 1992 ranger]

difficulty4 out of 10
TIME/SIZE] bout 3 hrs if you work diligently
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this is a way of replacing your stock door pins with bolts that way you can pop the bolts out and your door comes off (my vehicle is a 1992 ford ranger standard cab with a 4.0)

TOOLs=a hammer
flat head screw driver
13MM wrench
and a dremel tool with miscelaneous grinding stones and cutoff wheels

PARTs= 4 3/8 in. bolt that are 5in. long with very little threads (mostly collar) (size needed may vary by vehicle just measure or do like i did geuss and check) total cost bout 8 bucks without dremel tool


now then to start off take off the two bolts that hold the door on make sure to have a friend these doors wiegh bout 60lbs each
next take a dremel tool and cut sections of the door pin off cut the top of the pin the one that looks dimpled in the middle (cut it like a pizza)

next take the blade of the screw driver and place it agisnt each cut peice then hammer them off
once theres none left and its just a pin take the crew driver and hammer and knock the pin down out of the hinge

now take the bolts and cut the threads off and grind any burs off the bolt

once that is complete reinstall the hinge to the door and line the hinges up and put the new bolt in if the bolt doesnt fit grind th bushings and holes of the hinge till there large enough for the pin to slide in easily with no play or little play then bolt the hinge back to the door and line the holes up and put the bolts in (spray some grease or wd 40 to make it slide in easier) you may have to tap the bolts all the way in with the hammer and screw driver

lastly for your speaker wire just get a female and male eletrical connectors and crimp on to the spliced wire so you can connect and disconnect

now when you want to take the doors off just pop the pins out and there you go
now i do not know the laws for each state but for mine in florida you have to have mirrors to be legal so i bought ones that will clamp to the edge of my fender (rat rod mirrors) and im good to go

 

[shane96ranger]

Do you have any pictures of your mod?

 

[rusty shackelford]

why wouldnt you just use replacement pins? they will go in and out with less work to them

 

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[BCWs 1992 ranger]

sorry guys illtry to take some for you

 

[BCWs 1992 ranger]

and i didnt use replacement pins didnt know if they madethem and would probally cost more but above that there only just long enough to fit you a little bit longer so you can put a clip or pin to keep from workin bout out and the head has little teeth to keep from spinning and has to driven in to fit all the way so no go

 

[William Spitzer]

if i may make a suggestion, get some tractor quick release implement pins, sometimes you can even find ones that are the right size and not have to drill the holes out bigger.

 

[Rotagotideas]

that's redneck! but I love it!

 

[William Spitzer]

using the implement pins its alot easier to take the doors off by yourself. i always had problems taking the bolts out, the threads would get stuck in the lopsided holes. and necessity is the mother of invention.

 

[BCWs 1992 ranger]

hmm never thought about those they look alot easier and thats why i cut the threads off mine

 

[bobbywalter]

if i may make a suggestion, get some tractor quick release implement pins, sometimes you can even find ones that are the right size and not have to drill the holes out bigger.

this is my preferred method. though with bushings.




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