[FC] Rampside Door/Tail Latches

[Western Canada CORSA]

Long tongue on the tailgate latches, short tongue on the ramp door.

Regards,
Joel

-----Original Message-----
From: corvanatics-bounces at corvair.org
[mailto:corvanatics-bounces at corvair.org]On Behalf Of Shawn Sirna
Sent: Sunday, October 02, 2005 5:38 PM
To: 'The Corvanatics list'
Subject: RE: [FC] Rampside Door/Tail Latches


Joel, you just figured out my problem with my doors.
Thanks,
Shawn Sirna

-----Original Message-----
From: corvanatics-bounces at corvair.org
[mailto:corvanatics-bounces at corvair.org] On Behalf Of Joel Rushworth -
Morton-Clarke Victoria
Sent: Sunday, October 02, 2005 5:12 PM
To: Corvanatics List (E-mail)
Subject: [FC] Rampside Door/Tail Latches

Yesterday I was able to rip some parts off a '61 Loadside that'll be
going
to the crusher some time soon.  One of the things I grabbed was the two
tailgate latches.

I've been having problems with my Ramp door, the leading latch kept
popping
open no matter how I adjusted it.  With two relatively fresh latches
from
the tailgate of the Loadside to use as a comparison I decided I'd spend
the
afternoon diagnosing the source of my problem.

I know it was posted to the list that all four latches for a Rampside
are
different, however my eyeball inspection shows me that there are really
only
two latches, left and right, and that the only difference between the
tail
and ramp latches is the length of the latch "tongue" itself, which is
riveted onto the latch mechanism.  Although my exploration today didn't
take
me this far, I see no reason why the two rivets holding the tongue onto
the
mechanism couldn't be drilled out and replaced if the best solution to
your
your problem might be using a less abused tailgate latch on a ramp door.

Regards,
Joel

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