Fri Feb 08, 2013 7:13 pm by paulietools
Windigo69
Thanks for the headsup. i am going to get my tape measure out and start measuring for fitment. That is a very interesting solution. one that i hadn't thought of.
Robert48
Thank you for the link. I looked at the pictures of the locks on Mac's and I am a bit confused. The lock that came out of my door has three "ears" that stick out, they fit into three notches in the door and the lock is held in by a spring clip that wedges between the ears and the back of the door. The clip is postioned behind the opening so that when the lock is placed int eh door the clip is then pushed forward to capture the lock. teh ones on the website don't appear to have the "ears" on then, in fact they look just like one i bought a few months ago that was supposed to be for a k series but it only has some flats machined on the lock body, no ears.
Can you shed some light on this mystery of the ears?
And a further question for anyone - the door latch mechanisms shown on Mac's for the 32 fords look very similar to the k series, are they the same or just look similar?
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