1994 Van Door Opening Problems
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1994 Van Door Opening Problems
My E150 van has bowden cable that operate the latches. This means each door has two of these cables. The plastic colllar that holds it at the latch ages and breaks and then you can't open the darn doors. I have done some jury rigging but at witts end. I can't buy the bowden cables only at Ford but instead I have to buy the cable and the door handle and latches. Prices range around $150 for each door and my van has 6 doors. Obviously no sense going to dump since the cable plastic pieces would be more like aged and bad. Any help?
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Had the same problem with a door I got at the bone yard to mount my A/C in.
Very frustrating.
I made some replacements out of aluminum; not pretty but they work.
Do you have all the old plastic parts?
Very frustrating.
I made some replacements out of aluminum; not pretty but they work.
Do you have all the old plastic parts?
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That's the one I'm talking about...
fits over the cable on one end and into a 'holder' on the other end -- the cable runs thru it. It keeps the cable housing stationary while the inside 'wire' moves.
Do you have the pieces?
fits over the cable on one end and into a 'holder' on the other end -- the cable runs thru it. It keeps the cable housing stationary while the inside 'wire' moves.
Do you have the pieces?
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and bought the repair parts for one door $59. It came with new latch and two of those cables. Some of the other doors have more hardware and run around $100. Maybe I can get my engr skills and figure out how to do what you did now that I know what it look like...Thanks..seems a shame that this little part fails. Probably vans all over america with the problem
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That is a good idea....might be able to grinde that down to fit...thanks.
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Here is my cheap and easy fix to bad latch cable ends
This is a cheap and easy fix... once you get the cables out of the door that is 
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