The outside door lock is all contained in the handle itself on '53 doors ('52-66 also). Turned to the lock position you cannot push the button. There is a piece with a slotted hole in the assembly and a shaft protruding through it. In locked position the shaft won't go through the slot. In unlocked it will. There is nothing that will be changed when installing in the doors.

Carl, what is "The rod which goes between the key slot and the lock mechanism..." referring to?


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