changing door locks

After you have the panels off. set the window ALL the way up. Then....reach in under neath till you can feel the lock cylinder. There is first...the bar that goes from the lock cylinder to the latch. this can be eased out, then where the cylinder meets the doorpanel...there is a retaining plate. this needs be slipped off. afterwards the doorlock cylinder will drop off the front.
This is a blind-by-feel job...so be patient. Expect some bruised knuckles.
Admittedly it is EASIEST with the window out...and the regulator removed...but that's a lot of work. It can be done with it in.

1968 Coupe, 6cyl Std, Bench Seat. Driven through 10 years of College.

The lock cylinder retaining clip is hard to pull so be careful when it suddenly comes off your hand doesn't get cut open on the edges of the door openings. You should be able to install it by hand though. I push the door lock in and slip the retainer in with the other hand, wiggling it side to side after the leading edges goes between the lock cylinder "ears" and the door panel. The retaining clips for the lock rod I've always had to use a small screw driver and had to be careful, I busted a few clips getting in a hurry.

Good fixings!

Dean T

Shikatta Ga Nai - "It cannot be helped"

\i find a pair of needle nose pliers or needle nose vise grips works best to pull the retainer clip off, it is similar in style to a brake hose to bracket clip-flat with a raised rear lip.

1967 S code GT Deluxe Coupe 65B
1966 Convertible 76B 289 4 speed
1964 Fairlane 500 2DR HT-the new project
1986 Jeep Cherokee 4X4 the "beater"
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i just finished up the driver side door, no major problems, but i wasted the clip and that plastic bushing that held the lock rod onto the new cylinder/ is this repop-ed or is there a way i can get it to stay (now the lock rod just falls out, i tried a cotter pin kinda deailio but its nothing that will last. thanks again
mark

I believe they're finally being reproduced.

Dean T

Shikatta Ga Nai - "It cannot be helped"