Door latch

[Patrick]

I've been trying to work out how the door latches fit to the fiberglass. In the photo's supplied by marlin it looks like there is a bracket behind. I've looked through the box of bits and found:



This to me suggests that the metal backing piece is glued to the fiberglass then the bolt attaches to that - this seems a bit flimsy to me or am I off the mark?

[MartinClan]

I am sure there are some instructions in the paper manual (ford donor) that I had from Marlin - for fitting the door locks. I will look them out if you don't have a copy - but not tonight as I am building another type of kit (bookcases )

[Stuart]

Patrick you are nearly correct.
The rear fiberglass body when sat on the chassis correctly will have sheet metal directly behind the area of fiberglass the striker will fit. Mine has about a 30mm hole in the fibreglass and a 12 mm hole in the metal the stricker fits these and the plate in your picture fits behind the metal of the chassis. I will endevour to get a couple of photos and post them for you.

[Patrick]

thank you, im sure i have a copy of the paper manual in a folder somewhere!

[Patrick]

I have a good read of the ford manual and I've put the latches in the doors today. I still dont quite see how the striker pins should attach to the chassis - here's a few pics of where I am:





Unless you need to bend the bit of metal on the chassis where the rear fiberglass attaches?

More pics here: http://www.msportster.co.uk/detail.asp?cat=10&offset=12

[peterux]

Patrick,
oh dear, i hope i am wrong but it looks like there is a piece missing from your chassis?

Take a look at this dutch guys website in his section called Building Part 2.in a section titled "Next Milestone"
http://www.marlinsportster.nl/

In his words.............

The chassis missed the brackets to put the door pins on. Somehow forgotten? Don't know, but after some emails, I got a nice pair of brackets from Mark to bolt on. Perfekt Job from him.

I hope I am wrong?

Peter