I proceeded with the 2nd piece of headliner. I set it in place on the passenger side into the center retainer, and used a screw/washer on the back to hold it in place. The dome light holes lined up, so I put the screws in there. I used individual screw/washers along the back edge, working from the passenger side to the driver side. The driver side did not go into the center retainer as much as the passenger side, but it was good enough. Once in place, I trimmed the end edges and installed the two smaller retainers on each side. Finally I removed the individual screw/washers and installed the rear retainer. It looks good. The front headliner is short on the ends, I don’t think the windlace retainer is going to cover that gap.
I ditched the sun visor end brackets and used screws for a solid attach. I modified one of the center support brackets and made it work.
On to the back doors, one of the lock rods broke during teardown. I was able to remove the threaded shaft from the trunnion. I cut the lock rod back and welded a bolt to the end. I used the O-A and just heated the two pieces red hot until they fused together. I cut the head of the bolt off and cleaned up the threads. Later I found it was too long and trimmed to fit. The left door lock lever spring was broken. I got the closest spring I could find at the local hardware store. Getting ready to modify the new spring I see it is wound opposite of what I need. I made it work anyway. Now the left rear door latches as it should. I put the right door latch in and it latches good. The door doesn’t shut as tight as I would like and the bottom is sticking out. I’m pretty sure they let the door swing hard when it was in the shop. They had removed all the hardware including the mechanism to keep the door open and from opening too much. After paint I noticed the upper hinge hole was bent suggesting something happened here. I tried to bend it flat to accommodate the hinge grommet. The truck had always had the door keepers so I don’t see how that could have happened over the years. I’m thinking a hinge is bent. I’ll look at that sometime.
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HeadlinerInstall.jpg (48.18 KB, 213 downloads)
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SunVisorBoltOn.jpg (77.44 KB, 211 downloads)
SunVisorCenterSupport.jpg (68.31 KB, 211 downloads)
LockRodBrokenInTrunnion.jpg (182.25 KB, 214 downloads)
LockRodWeldThreads.jpg (128.35 KB, 211 downloads)
LeftDoorLockLeverSpringBroke.jpg (76.64 KB, 216 downloads)
LeftDoorLockLeverSpringFix.jpg (73.86 KB, 211 downloads)
LeftDoorLockAssembled.jpg (102.51 KB, 213 downloads)


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