Garnet & Gold Posted May 10, 2020 Posted May 10, 2020 Problem: Passenger door in 2 of my TC’s will not open. Today a friend called, and he has the same problem. He wanted an internal passenger door mechanism and I had bought one off eBay to fix one of my TC’s. Before I gave it to him, I thought I would label the 5 connections on the mechanism so he would know where to attach the rods. In doing that I played with the mechanism and it was not working correctly either. I played more with it and determined that the locking part that rotates against the bolt in the door jam and holds the door closed. It will not move because the plastic coating on the metal rotating latch has bubbled up and will not allow the rotating latch to return to it’s unlock position. I have attached pictures of the rotating plastic-coated latch and then a close up of the bubble of plastic that stops the latch from returning to the unlock position. Now that I now what the problem is in opening the door the question is how do I get to the internal mechanism? In the part I gave to my friend I told him to file off the plastic coating so that the latch could return to the unlock position. The problem is to remove the mechanism from the door, there are 3 torx bolts holding the mechanism in. Those bolts can only be accessed when the door is open as their heads are in the jam. So, the question is does anyone know of any way to open the door without major damage or by reaching in the door and forcing the plastic-coated latch to move to the open position? Before discovering the bubbled up plastic coating I tried sitting in the passenger seat, held the interior door opening handle and hit the door with my shoulder. No luck. Next I tried tying the interior door handle in the open position and had my wife hold the exterior handle in the open position and jammed a 6 foot long 2X4 into the inside of the door where the latch lives. Again no luck. Next I tried using my crow bar on the outside of the door where the latch lives and without bending the metal, I had no luck again. The pictures supplied are of the mechanism I purchased on eBay and I am assuming that all 4 vehicles have the same problem with their mechanism. Just remember when giving suggestions that he door will not open.
marty mopar Posted May 11, 2020 Posted May 11, 2020 from the 1990 part book the latch 4336378 is the same as 4336150. used on 1981-1994 K,Q,G, and P bodies 1 04464648 1 SHELL, Door, Right 04464649 1 SHELL, Door, Left 2 2 CYLINDER, Lock, Refer to 23D 3 HANDLE, Exterior 04463928 1 Cabernet, Right 04463929 1 Cabernet, Left 04463932 1 Yellow, Right 04463933 1 Yellow, Left 04463934 1 Red, Right 04463935 1 Red, Left 04463936 1 Black, Right 04463937 1 Black, Left 04463938 1 White, Right 04463939 1 White, Left 4 04336200 1 PLATE, Handle Mtg., Right 04336201 1 PLATE, Handle Mtg., Left 5 06031029 2 NUT, Handle 6 4 SCREW 7 1 LINK, Handle to Latch, Serviced in #3 8 04463042 1 LINK, Lock Cylinder to Latch, Right 04463043 1 LINK, Lock Cylinder to Latch, Left 9 04336136 2 CLIP 10 LATCH, Door 04336378 1 Right 04336377 1 Left 04310543 2 STRIKER, Latch 11 06501220 6 SCREW 12 4 RIVET (DNS) 13 04467252 2 SOLENOID, Lock 14 04463046 2 LINK, Solenoid 15 04336136 2 CLIP 16 03882620 2 CLIP 17 04463528 1 LINK, Right 04463529 1 LINK, Left 18 04463530 1 LINK, Right 04463531 1 LINK, Left 19 04396574 1 CONTROL, Remote, Right 04396575 1 CONTROL, Remote, Left HOUSING, Remote Control 0AH46HT5 1 Ginger, Right 0AH47HT5 1 Ginger, Left 04396574 1 Black, Right 04396575 1 Black, Left BEZEL, Housing 0AH48HT5 2 Ginger 04184790 2 Black 20 06032985 6 SCREW 21 HINGE, Body Half 04365815 2 Upper 04445936 2 Lower 22 06500354 4 SCREW 23 04280727 4 PIN, Hinge 24 04184244 1 CLIP, Right 04184245 1 CLIP, Left 25 04463034 1 PANEL, Repair, Right 04463035 1 PANEL, Repair, Left 26 2 CLIP, Speaker (DNS) 27 04469124 2 SPEAKER, Door 28 8 WASHER, Speaker (DNS) 29 8 SCREW, Speaker (DNS) 30 BEZEL, Speaker 0D233GT5 2 Tan 0D233GX7 2 Black 31 04464562 1 BEZEL, Switch, Right 04464563 1 BEZEL, Switch, Left 32 1 WEATHERSTRIP 04464568 1 Door, Right 04464569 1 Door, Left 1 Door Opening 05253050 1 Up to 11-16-89, Right 05253051 1 Up to 11-16-89, Left 05253566 1 After 11-16-89, Right 05253567 1 After 11-16-89, Left 04464577 AR FASTENER, Weatherstrip 05257624 1 Hinge Pillar at Belt, Right 05257625 1 Hinge Pillar at Belt, Left 05257641 2 Hinge Pillar Secondary, Upper 33 2 SLEEVE, Serviced with Link 34 2 SLEEVE, Serviced with Link 35 04464486 1 GASKET, Latch, Right 04464487 1 GASKET, Latch, Left 36 04378278 2 PAWL 37 04463064 1 BEZEL, Latch, Right 04463065 1 BEZEL, Latch, Left 38 04480728 1 SEAL, Hinge Pillar Belt, Right 04480729 1 SEAL, Hinge Pillar Belt, Left 39 04463063 2 GASKET 40 04310543 2 STRIKER 41 04184105 2 WASHER
Garnet & Gold Posted May 15, 2020 Author Posted May 15, 2020 My quick answer is that I got the door open. In an article in the TC America newsletter back in March of 2008 there was an article about a sagging door. The reason for the door sagging was that the coating on the door striker post is missing. There solution was to firmly lift the door up while pulling on the door handle. That solution was to simple and I did not learn about that solution until after I had gotten the door open. I will try this solution when I get a chance to go to my mechanics shop and try it on the TC there with the same problem. Now for my solution. I removed the upper leather pleated panel on the door. I then created a hole in the sheet of plastic, removing enough to put my hand into the inner door. I then removed the insulation and water barrier in the area in the picture as there is no metal internal frame. I had been playing with a spare door in the garage moving the rods and pulling the handles and watching what was moving at the latch. In the second picture there is a brass looking small bar that comes out of the latch mechanism. I pull the interior door handle and was able to push the brass bar up and at that point I was able to push the door open. What I then found is the third picture where there was no white ring of plastic around the striker post. I hope these solutions helps out should you have this problem. I would suggest checking your striker posts and if they look like they are deteriorating get new posts before the problem occurs.
marty mopar Posted May 15, 2020 Posted May 15, 2020 4310543 is the striker part # changes to 55074546 1981-1995 1
Reaper1 Posted May 19, 2020 Posted May 19, 2020 Just to add to this, I thought I was going to be slick and go to the parts store and get the new sticker pin sheath in the HELP! section. Nope. Those don't work. Chrysler decided to use their own frigging design and I haven't seen a "fix" beyond replacement. Marty, do you have those strikers in stock, and how much?
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