Door Striker Bolt Replacement On 1970s 1980s Ford, Mercury, Lincoln, Cars & Trucks 74 75 76 78 1979
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- Опубликовано: 5 сен 2024
- 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 Ford Lincoln Mercury LTD Continental Mark IV Mark V Mark VI Town Car Grand Marquis Crown Victoria Truck F100 F150 F250 Cougar Thunderbird Torino Door Clicking Door Not Opening Closing Right
Thank you very much for making this video! I finally got my doors to close properly on my 79 F100. This is by far the most helpful video on this subject for these older Fords/ Mercs/ Lincoln’s. Cheers 🍻
You're welcome! Thank you for letting me know. I did some on a 77 LTD wagon this week, and I did have to sand a couple of them down a little bit.
Mr. Tony you are amazing. I think we can do this job. Will report back to you after. Many many thanks to you.
Awww, thank you! Yes, please let me know how it works out.
What a beautiful car. I love late '70s Ford products, especially Continentals. Great car.
Thank you. I need to get some things done to it and sell it. Aren't you in Illinois, too?
@@tonyscarcare5657 Yes, I am.
@@LtdAuto-77 I thought so since you bought that brown LTD. Here's another fun fact for you. Chrysler never had their own power wing/vent window motors. I saw your video with the wagon. Those are GM vent motors. Chrysler and Imperial used power vent motors from Ford originally but later started using them from GM.
@@tonyscarcare5657 I never knew that, cool.
Excellent advice Tony. Thank you for the video. I feel so stupid for not doing this sooner. I’m replacing them all on all four of my Lincoln’s. So simple. Yet makes a huge difference. Thank again.
You're welcome, and thank you! Yes, it's well worth it.
I just bought a 76 Colony Park wagon and have to do the same thing. Thanks for showing the NAPA part number.
I don't remember. I thought I mentioned it in the video. They can simply look it up by vehicle application.
Thanks Tony. I have changed plenty of these over. Thanks for the tip on the NAPA ones versus the Dorman.
You're welcome, and thank you!
Lord,what I would not do to be mechanical by nature.
Great video, beautiful car.
Thank you very much! Please stay tuned. I've got more repairs coming up.
Great content. I've got to replace them all on my '78. Doors were rattling and I temporarily just adjusted the strikers in a little more until the new ones show up. For what it's worth, the NAPA part is just a rebranded Dorman number in a different package, they are one in the same. Also, Amazon has them for $10 each right now. Look forward to more of the '79 content 😎
I don't know. I have a lot more luck with the Napa brand than the Dorman ones.
Always love the mechanical clicking sounds of those Ford door latches. The click, click when you pressed and release the door handle, like music. And although it’s frameless windows there is no door rattling like GMs of the same era.
For sure.....for sure!!!
Changed them on my 88 LTD after watching another video you did, man what a difference.
Awesome! I wish more people would take care of the simple things.
A very useful video, Tony. Like you, I can't stand doors that don't open and close properly, so have made this repair to a few cars in the past.
Don't buy a GM car or truck from the 70s. They never opened and closed well when they were new! 🤣
@@tonyscarcare5657 I've yet to own anything but a FoMoCo product, and see no reason to start now!
@@DSP1968 same here!
Have this exact issue on my '79 Town Car. The doors shut beautifully until those bushings fall apart.
I want to do it to my 83 Lincoln mark vi but I'm a hella afraid to lose that backing nut in the pillar. I already look and I can tell it'll be a pain to retrieve it would have to remove everything i feel.
It's not likely it will fall. I've only ever had that to happen one time, and it was on a Mark V.
That sound and feel that you got from the Ford/Mercury/Lincoln products of the 1970's and 1980's is why so many people say that the quality of these cars is so much better than it's equivalent GM/Chrysler counterparts. Ford just had better quality period. Gm cars you always had to slam and the door hinges let the doors sag. They were terrible. I think alot of new owners to these classic cars don't realize that you need to change the striker bolts is my guess. Either that or they are too cheap.
Yeah, I think they just don't know, and it's sad.
Tony, I enjoy watching the great work you do on your channel and on Rare Classic Cars. Do you have to be concerned about overtightening the striker bolts and damaging the sheet metal? Is there a torque spec that you would recommend?
Thank you very much! No, they don't have to be over tightened at all. Snug is simply good enough. I've never seen the sheet metal damaged on anything.
Great video and great Lincoln! I have a ‘74 F350 w/44K miles. All original. I changed the rubber door seals about 10 years ago and replaced the striker bushing. The door still won’t shut easily. I have to slam it. I’ve adjusted the striker dozens of times and still won’t close easily. Only thing I can think of is that since it’s a garage queen and I’ve put 2500 miles on it during the past 12 years that it’s not getting enough use to loosen up?
Thank you! I'd say that's very possible.
Thanks! Didn’t realize it was that easy. I hope this is the cure for the creaky and rattle prone driver’s door on my newly acquired ‘88 Thunderbird.
From memory, there was a U-shaped bracket or tensioner maybe. Any special considerations with that? It’s in storage or I would include a picture.
I'd sure think the 88s still had this style. They will be the smaller diameter ones, though, for sure. The continued all the way through the 80s Town Car, Grand Marquis, Crown Victoria, truck, Broncos, and I'm sure even the Mustang. I don't think Thunderbird or Cougar would be any different. Thank you for watching!
@@tonyscarcare5657 you nailed it! Straight forward job that made a world of difference. Had some trouble with the passenger side but your alignment tips solved it quickly.
World of difference. Thank you for the content!!
@@paulmchenry7426 you're very welcome. Thank you very much for watching!
Another great video Tony- Thanks. If the nut does fall out from the back, is there a way to put it back? Can you get at it from behind? That's the only thing that concerns me about doing these. Thanks
Thank you very much! I've only ever had one fall out on a Mark V. You simply have to pop the back seat out, and yes, there's an access hole to reach in and grab it.
I was also concerned and took Tony's advice in a fb group. Both of mine stayed intact as intended. Just make sure you do it when you have time in case it does fall out, I did mine on a rainy Sunday morning, after going to shows on a sunny Saturday. After I was done in a few minutes I regretsed not just doing it on Saturday.
Thank You sir@@tonyscarcare5657
Great again Tony! How are the Napa/Doorman strikers compared to NOS strikers?
Thanks Lars. Of course NOS is better if you can find them. I'd say the majority of people can't find them.
Hey Tony great video. Question is there a bushing I can just replace on the 98-02 towncars. I seen O'Reilly has a pack of just the bushings it's a Dorman part #38424. Thank you
I've seen an assortment at Autozone that only had one the correct size, but it did work for my 97 F350. The other 2 or 3 were no good to me.
@@tonyscarcare5657 thank you do you know what size you got that worked for you.
@cartierchronicles2000 no, I'm sorry that's been over 2 years.
I didn't even know there was supposed to be a bush there, that explains my rattling doors! Thank you very much for the info. My problem is, I can't get the strikers undone, they're so tight my Torx bit snapped clean off. Any advice?
I've never seen them that tight. I would definitely get a high-quality brand name, torx bit.
I've just been out and tried again but this time with an impact wrench, Loosened no problem, so just ordered new pins from Rockauto, I can't wait to have nice doors!@@tonyscarcare5657
Great content. I enjoy how you show us everything we need to know. My question is does this affect the power locks in anyway?
Thank you very much! No, it doesn't affect the doorlocks in any way. However, I do have to work on the door locks in this car and plan on doing videos on the repairs.
I bought new striker bolts for my Ltd. I replaced one, but the other three were so tight that it stripped all of them. have any advice on how to get them out.
I've never heard of that happening. Sounds like the wrong threads.....oh you mean stripped out the torx bit?
@@tonyscarcare5657 It stripped out the thread in the striker bolt.
@@LtdAuto-77 it just about had to be the wrong threads then. They won't come out now?
If you slam the door too much, will it loosen the door panel over time?
Eventually, yes. You need to have those door sticker bolts and latches working smoothly.
I was able to replace all of the striker bolts. The drivers door closes so perfect, but you do have to pull hard to open it. Do you think over time the plastic will wear in so I don't have to pull so hard?
Yes, I do, but I have also sanded them down before, too. Some of them are simply too tight.
@@tonyscarcare5657 Ok, thanks
@@LtdAuto-77 you're welcome.
I'm not happy with the way the doors on my '69 Marquis 2 dr. shut. Did they use a bushing in '69? Mine doesn't have any. I'm not sure how to fix..
I'm not sure about 69, Ray, but I'd say there's a good chance. You can send me a picture of it if you want.
I have three spray cans of WD-40 products: White Lithium Grease, Penetrant, Original. Can I use either of these instead?
I'd use something thin. Not grease.
@@tonyscarcare5657 : Regular WD 40 or Penetration version? FB group member selling 89 white TC with black carriage roof. How can you be contacted directly?
What size is the torx socket to remove/screw in the strikers?? I have an ‘86 Lincoln Town Car
50
What if the new striker bolt is not even with the door latch ? How is that addressed ?
They have a lot of adjustment in, out, up, down.
Don't they make just the plastic bushings to go over the existing bolts? Or, are the bolts damaged from being used without the bushings? What the heck happens when one of those nuts falls out of its retainer?? How the heck do you get it back in there??
They do make them if you can find the right size. If it falls out, which is rare, you pop out the back seat and remove the side panel. There's an access hole to reach in and grab it.
Yes they do make them I replaced them on my car they can be hard to get them on and I have seen them not stay on. They worked for my car but if they didn’t I would have done what Tony did here
@@travislostaglia8861 Thanks!
What socket will I need to get to remove striker on a 1983 Mark VI coupe?
Torx T-50
@@tonyscarcare5657 : Thx.
You're welcome.
Could be a 55.
@@tonyscarcare5657 : Ordered both. Will send back the one which doesn’t fit. If you could confirm within the hour that would be great.
isn't the reason they don't charge tax on mechanic shops, is because the government collect more tax after the shop markups?
instead of collecting tax on 13.49$ they collect tax on 30$ or 35$ or what ever price the shops charges the customers
That is correct, but these are for my personal use. I always forget to tell them to add tax when it's for me and not a customer.
Just me but it doesn't give a good impression resting the old bolt on the cloth seat....
It's clean man! It's clean!. That's exactly why I pointed that out, because there's always a drama queen in the bunch!!! Good grief....I didn't lay a grease gun on the seat! 🙄