Door latch confusion
Hi everyone. I was taking about the window regulators on my '69 Barracuda. While they were out, I've been replacing the lock cylinders too. The passenger's side was easy, but I couldn't get the driver's side to sit flush - it's like the handle mechanism was blocking it. To make a long story short, I think at some point someone put the wrong handle on my Barracuda, or butchered a factory one. I'll let the pics explain:
First is my passenger's side door. This looks fine, and has a big Z-shaped rod that goes from the handle to the latch. The button is black and works normally.
This one is the driver's side. The handle internals interfere with the lock cylinder, and it's connected with a thin rod. The handle is also missing any sort of spring and doesn't return when you press it. The driver's side striker has been out since I bought the car, so I didn't realize until now that the handle didn't work. Also, this one is a chrome button.
It would seem that I need to get another handle (and maybe a latch too; it's a bit frozen). My question is - what's the deal with the two different linkage bars? can I get the thicker one anywhere and will it work on the existing (or a new) latch? Or are they supposed to be different on the drivers and passenger side?
Hi everyone. I was taking about the window regulators on my '69 Barracuda. While they were out, I've been replacing the lock cylinders too. The passenger's side was easy, but I couldn't get the driver's side to sit flush - it's like the handle mechanism was blocking it. To make a long story short, I think at some point someone put the wrong handle on my Barracuda, or butchered a factory one. I'll let the pics explain:
First is my passenger's side door. This looks fine, and has a big Z-shaped rod that goes from the handle to the latch. The button is black and works normally.
This one is the driver's side. The handle internals interfere with the lock cylinder, and it's connected with a thin rod. The handle is also missing any sort of spring and doesn't return when you press it. The driver's side striker has been out since I bought the car, so I didn't realize until now that the handle didn't work. Also, this one is a chrome button.
It would seem that I need to get another handle (and maybe a latch too; it's a bit frozen). My question is - what's the deal with the two different linkage bars? can I get the thicker one anywhere and will it work on the existing (or a new) latch? Or are they supposed to be different on the drivers and passenger side?