Re: IML: '73 door detent spring

[Kenyon Wills <imperialist1960@xxxxxxxxx>]

Lowell has an on-the-shelf solution for 1950's/1960's
cars that includes a spring and a new, thicker keeper
with more metal around the hole that the spring goes
into.  

He likely will back off and disclaim having an answer
for anything newer than 1968, where he draws his
inventory line, but you're probably OK - they didn't
do much to change the stuff as far as I can tell on my
cars.  He'll also know what you'll have to do to
re-assemble, I should suspect.

Sometimes it's the spring, and sometimes it's the
keeper (the notched thing on the door mechanism) that
fails.  Double check your keeper to see that the hole
that receives the spring on the pivoted keeper.

I'd be amazed if the spring weren't interchangeable. 

Also would be surprised if you can redo that without
removing the hinge from the body, but maybe there's a
way and a right tool to get that very stiff spring
coaxed onto the keeper in such a confined space.  

Let us know how you resolve this? 


-Kenyon




--- Jay King <j_king@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hi, list,
> 
> Yesterday as I closed the driver's door on my '73
> LeBaron, I heard an ominous noise, and when I
> checked, the spring that holds the door in the open
> position had broken right at the retainer strap. I
> was busy getting my daughter's car loaded for her
> return to university after spring break, so I didn't
> try to get the old spring out, but it looks like it
> might take removing the door to get it loose. I've
> heard horror stories of early '60s cars with broken
> retainer straps damaging the front quarter panel,
> but it doesn't look like that will happen on the
> '73--the door just won't stay open. Anyone have
> experience with these springs or know of a source
> for a replacement spring? Thanks in advance!
> 
> Jay
> 
> Jay King
> Meridian, Mississippi
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