My new to me in October 2000 E250 Cargo has some challenges with it's condition as to various doors. Driver front door 'swings free', ineffective as to 'stop' when swinging open. The hardware is visible that 'should' cause the door swing to be limited, and it is not working. Also, and perhaps this is the problem, I can see the edge of the door moving, it's 'welded' features no longer intact at the front most inside edges. I suspect it caught the wind one time too many. Where do I begin? A welding shop to resecure the edge and the inside panels? Replace the door limiting hardware, or perhaps some adjustment?
Same applies to the rear most passenger door. (side doors are OK, as is the driver side rear most door, as to 'not swinging free' but behaving as the doors should). The rear door came to me with a bungee cord, to clamp it to the rear wheel well, and keep it from slamming into me unexpectedly. Again, where to start is the question I have. All replies are valued.
While on doors, my front passenger door 'lock' is not connected to the top indicator. I should say, when I key the lock, I can hear it work, and cannot open that door lock with the key mechanism. I can access from inside, via the top 'indicator' (not sure what to call the screw on lock 'pulls'), to unlock and may use the door handle to open the door from inside. I suppose taking off the access panels I may find an obvious 'connection' point, buy a part or two, and that will be that. Just have not gotten to it yet. Anything to be aware of when removing, reinstalling the inside panels on the door? All manual locks (real manual these days), and manual windows.
Thanks

 

4 Titles. 1 Topic. Buy or borrow a Haynes or Chilton manual. If you still don't understand ask here once.

Instead of a "welding shop" I'd suggest a Body Shop. They'll be able to judge if the doors are sprung, can probably tweak them back in shape if not to far gone & fix the other things easily too. If its DIY only, hope you have a You-Pull type wrecking yard so you can acquire the small parts that are its sounds like you'll need. It might be worth a try to ask your local FORD body shop, could be easier than asking the parts counter for odd little parts.

 

First, remove all the same postings here using different Titles but having the same body. Or at least point them to this thread. Not sure why you did this but multiple postings of the same problem is rude (besides going against standard internet etiquette) and will keep some from posting help to you. (truthfully if I had noticed it before I replied, I would not have posted anthing either)

From what I can tell, if the weld of the door skin has broke up at the front near the hinges, then the door integrity is bad and then the mechanism doesn't work. A body shop can reweld this. What I did (on my 91 caravan) was to put the door on the grass, bend the door frame with a pry bar to where it should be, and then bang the door skin back in place. I didn't need to have it tacked back together. However, your's may need to be rewelded.

On the rear door problem, you should see a rod coming out of the door at the jam that connects to a pin mounted on the van body. Those rods are removable so that the side and rear doors can be opened farther than 90°. Is that door's rod connected to the pin mounted on the van body? I've not ever had a problem with these so I don't know what it looks like inside the door.

PM me with your email and I can send you a few pics and some directions I have about the doors.