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A couple years ago I bought new springs for my door latches (the coiled ones) because I could see my DS spring was cracked at the center anchor point. C&G Ford had some springs they listed as for 48-52's, so I got them.
As part of rebuilding the latch assembly recently, I went to put the C&G spring in. No way! Just not right. I saw some others on eBay and corresponded with the vendor, "lwmofo", to see if he knew whether his were truly the right ones. He said he'd matched them against a NOS latch assembly, so I ordered them. They came and were exactly the same as C&G's. I sent him a picture of my old spring and he recognized it as being the same as a 38 - 47 Ford Truck spring, and sent me some to try. Perfect!
I sent C&G a note telling them of the discrepancy, they replied that they had heard from customers that the red springs "could work" on 48-52's. I sure don't know how.
Pics of the correct springs (black painted under the red spring) vs the C&G springs (red) and an original (rusty).
My door works like brand new now, and barely any sag on the handle.
They are NOT! Interesting tho, I also bought the remote handle springs from him, and he sent me some that were also wrong -- but he appears to have the correct ones shown in that auction?!
Yeah, I typed in 47 and door latch spring and there were 3 to choose from. Only 1 said fits trucks under it. That # is the black one , then there is a blue and a red.
