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- 71' Grande project.
It is time to hang the doors on the 71 again to check gaps.
My drivers side door latch was shot, so I bought a new one from National Parts Depot.
Like most repo parts it is almost right. For whatever reason the three mounting screws are 10-32 not 12-24 like the original. I went ahead and tapped the door latch to 12-24 so I could use hardware less likely to damage the door shell. Check out the picture. The gold screws are 10-32, the silver ones are 12-24.
For now I am going to rock this solution, but I am curious if anyone knows of a repop door latch source that uses the correct hardware.
My drivers side door latch was shot, so I bought a new one from National Parts Depot.
Like most repo parts it is almost right. For whatever reason the three mounting screws are 10-32 not 12-24 like the original. I went ahead and tapped the door latch to 12-24 so I could use hardware less likely to damage the door shell. Check out the picture. The gold screws are 10-32, the silver ones are 12-24.
For now I am going to rock this solution, but I am curious if anyone knows of a repop door latch source that uses the correct hardware.