This video helped me also replace the cables. I spent 2 hour one day working through this and still coolant get it done. Then I watched your video and with new cables it took me maybe 30 minutes BUT I couldn't fully remove the locking mechanism. I had 3 of the bolts out but mine had another hollow hex bolt that needed to be removed to fully disengage and remove the whole system. But your explanation at about 9:59 helped me because I could see through the holes and perfectly place the cables into the locking mechanism. Then after that everything else was a breeze.
This is one of the best videos for the right hand rear door, what he didn't tell and he may not have had the issue is what to do when you get all the stuff out of the way and you have both cables laying in the bottom of the door. Harbor Freight makes a 5 or 6 piece pick set, use the crooked offset, go in straight where the inside handle cable connects and unlatch it, pull the bottom cable, tadaaaa door open.
Thank you very much for sharing this video it helped me out a lot My mother had a van similar and it had me stumped but I saw your video and I was able to finish and get it done right never thought to take it out it helped out a lot so thank you and God bless
I've gone through every step up to removing the entire latch assembly. I was hoping there was a trick that would allow me to bypass that step. Now I know. Thanks for the tutorial.
Thank you I'm doing the exact same thing to a 98 Ford sportsman exact same door latches and everything I didn't quite take the last two lashes off this drive me crazy busting my knuckles all up I guess I gotta completely disassemble it all because the door lock cable and that top cable fell out when I was replacing the window And I found one of the sleeves one of the necks is is broke off one of the heads broke off on one of the cables anyway so I gotta get a new cable what a headache of a job especially if you got big hands drive me crazy thank you very much I needed that I can see there are zero short cuts. Everything's gonna be completely disassemble rotate it out and then properly reassembled and that's gonna drive me 😢😢😢nuts
Great narration to walk us through the process. Thank you very much. i will suggest this, though. Instead of buying the cable sets that come with the same rubber/plastic cable ends that will fail again in a few years of heat, buy a set of 4 or 8 or 16 (!) aluminum cable ends instead. This is such a frequent Ford failure that these are availabl everywhere. I got mine for less than $1 each on Amazon (Dornan part). Replace the cable ends with these and you won't ever have to do it again. I've had my Ford van for for 17 years and sure wish I'd known about these aluminum repair ends when i did this job the first couple of times :-)
Thanks; this video was right on point! I grew up in Southern Indiana; that's a Kentucky accent if I've ever heard one. I'm guessing west of Louisville near Paducah.
This is so helpful. My issue is that in the process of getting the door to open initially both cables came loose after the door was open. When we got ready to call it a day the door got shut. So now we’ve got a shut door with no cables attached in there to get it open.
You can slide your finger in behind the unlock tab thing on the side closest to you to pull the thing with no cable its hard to find but once you found it you can do it
Very good vid! Was looking to see if there was a vid on this as I have already fixed the outside handle ( arm that holds the rubber part of the cable was loose, jb weld ) but now it's not working again. Thinking it's the cable but can't see up to the latch. The cable cover does slide so it must not be hooked up top..... Thanks again, very good vid!! 94 e-350
VERY GOOD INSTRUCTIONAL VIDEO. MUST WATCH A FEW TIMES. HE SHOULD HAVE EXPLAINED HOW TO OPEN DOOR FROM INSIDE THROUGH OVAL PLASTIC COVER ON THE INSIDE OF THE DOOR NEAR THE LATCH MECHANISUM. NEED SCREW DRIVER & VEIW FROM BOTTOM UP FROM LICENSE HOLDER OPENING. 5 STARS......
You have to feed the cable around through the cracks and then in will go in that part is a bit of a pain you may need to move it with your fingers a it to open it just enough
Only video that really shows everything. It seems like a pain i might get a mechanic to do it. I figured you needed to take out the lock, of course they couldnt make it easy. I tried to take out lock, and stwrted stripping star screws wth.
Yes the star screws are a pain sometimes you have to go the next size up and peck it in with a hammer or cut a slit in it with a dremel so you can use a flat blade screw driver Thanks for watching
@@lifeathand1062 ok thanks i was wondering becuase they seem to be hard to get out. I been looking for days for a video on this, your video is the only one that showed everything. Thank you so much
Try cleaning the latch and then putting a good silicone spray on it. I would probably use some break parts cleaner just be sure to wear safety glasses.
I had to peck the cable ends back in I'll answer questions if I'm able to get service also I am going to upload a video on how to fix the AC of it's switching from vent to defrost when under a load
How did you get the latch out with the lock rod attached to it? I unscrewed the thing and wasn't able to pull it out because the other end was still connected to the lock.
9:23 the metal rod at your pinky. On mines there is a plastic orange piece holding the other end of it where the keyhole deal is. Is that the piece that i twist?
If you take the inside panel off the door then take the part around the handle off you can reach in and find the mechanism that will open the door it should have the cables attached you pull the cable which should open the door I hope this helps
@@lifeathand1062 I have repaired two of the doors on my van. I still need to fix the rear doors. I've just been really lazy about getting to it. It's been raining like crazy here in Southern California, which is an oddity, since we've been in an ongoing drought for, oh, I don't know, what, something like over thirty years now. In the last three weeks, we've had more rain than we've had in the last ten years combined. Today, Saturday (1-30-2021) is sunny, but cold outside. I've been spending almost all of my time looking for a job online, so the camper van project has been set aside, at least, for the next few weeks, anyway. Thank you for asking though.
None of you understand when the door breaks it breaks in the closed position how do you get it open to replace the latch none of you even talked about this 300 videos none of you say how do you get the door open
@JohnWarren-c9u if you take the inside panel off you cand see where the cable runs if you pull on those, it will open the door. I do apologize. I think I started recording afte that. I hope this helps.
This video helped me also replace the cables. I spent 2 hour one day working through this and still coolant get it done. Then I watched your video and with new cables it took me maybe 30 minutes BUT I couldn't fully remove the locking mechanism. I had 3 of the bolts out but mine had another hollow hex bolt that needed to be removed to fully disengage and remove the whole system. But your explanation at about 9:59 helped me because I could see through the holes and perfectly place the cables into the locking mechanism. Then after that everything else was a breeze.
@ThinBlueLiess Apologies I don't remember
This is one of the best videos for the right hand rear door, what he didn't tell and he may not have had the issue is what to do when you get all the stuff out of the way and you have both cables laying in the bottom of the door. Harbor Freight makes a 5 or 6 piece pick set, use the crooked offset, go in straight where the inside handle cable connects and unlatch it, pull the bottom cable, tadaaaa door open.
Thank you very much for sharing this video it helped me out a lot My mother had a van similar and it had me stumped but I saw your video and I was able to finish and get it done right never thought to take it out it helped out a lot so thank you and God bless
You are very welcome glad it help and have a blessed one!
I've gone through every step up to removing the entire latch assembly. I was hoping there was a trick that would allow me to bypass that step. Now I know. Thanks for the tutorial.
I'm glad to help
gonna try this tomwo. i’m not confident but i’m gonna do my best, thx for the thorough vid.
You got this worse that could happen is you don't fix it and just put it back together
Any success
Thank you I'm doing the exact same thing to a 98 Ford sportsman exact same door latches and everything I didn't quite take the last two lashes off this drive me crazy busting my knuckles all up I guess I gotta completely disassemble it all because the door lock cable and that top cable fell out when I was replacing the window And I found one of the sleeves one of the necks is is broke off one of the heads broke off on one of the cables anyway so I gotta get a new cable what a headache of a job especially if you got big hands drive me crazy thank you very much I needed that I can see there are zero short cuts. Everything's gonna be completely disassemble rotate it out and then properly reassembled and that's gonna drive me 😢😢😢nuts
Glad to help I hope you get it done. It is a horrible design
Great narration to walk us through the process. Thank you very much. i will suggest this, though. Instead of buying the cable sets that come with the same rubber/plastic cable ends that will fail again in a few years of heat, buy a set of 4 or 8 or 16 (!) aluminum cable ends instead. This is such a frequent Ford failure that these are availabl everywhere. I got mine for less than $1 each on Amazon (Dornan part). Replace the cable ends with these and you won't ever have to do it again. I've had my Ford van for for 17 years and sure wish I'd known about these aluminum repair ends when i did this job the first couple of times :-)
Thanks; this video was right on point!
I grew up in Southern Indiana; that's a Kentucky accent if I've ever heard one.
I'm guessing west of Louisville near Paducah.
Your close I'm just over the line in TN glad it helped
This is so helpful. My issue is that in the process of getting the door to open initially both cables came loose after the door was open. When we got ready to call it a day the door got shut. So now we’ve got a shut door with no cables attached in there to get it open.
You can slide your finger in behind the unlock tab thing on the side closest to you to pull the thing with no cable its hard to find but once you found it you can do it
Very good vid! Was looking to see if there was a vid on this as I have already fixed the outside handle ( arm that holds the rubber part of the cable was loose, jb weld ) but now it's not working again. Thinking it's the cable but can't see up to the latch. The cable cover does slide so it must not be hooked up top..... Thanks again, very good vid!!
94 e-350
Thanks for watching! They definently didn't make it easy to repair.
Excellent service....
I would like to thank everyone for watching and commenting on this video I hope everyone has had success fixing this issue.
Thanks! Much better than other videos on TH-cam!
This helped me so much!
VERY GOOD INSTRUCTIONAL VIDEO. MUST WATCH A FEW TIMES. HE SHOULD HAVE EXPLAINED HOW TO OPEN DOOR FROM INSIDE THROUGH OVAL PLASTIC COVER ON THE INSIDE OF THE DOOR NEAR THE LATCH MECHANISUM. NEED SCREW DRIVER & VEIW FROM BOTTOM UP FROM LICENSE HOLDER OPENING. 5 STARS......
Your videos r awesome
How’d you get the piece hooked back in to the locking mechanism? That’s where I’m stuck, it’s impossible to pull that hook through the tiny hole
You have to feed the cable around through the cracks and then in will go in that part is a bit of a pain you may need to move it with your fingers a it to open it just enough
@@lifeathand1062yeah I was working on this job today….. I know why that part wasn’t shown 😂
What if door does not want 2 open !? Pulling +pulling cable!
Are you sure it's unlocked
So the cable stopped working because it wasn' t settling back into itd return spot?
That should be a simple fix
@@lifeathand1062 yeah i fixed it.
Only video that really shows everything. It seems like a pain i might get a mechanic to do it. I figured you needed to take out the lock, of course they couldnt make it easy. I tried to take out lock, and stwrted stripping star screws wth.
Yes the star screws are a pain sometimes you have to go the next size up and peck it in with a hammer or cut a slit in it with a dremel so you can use a flat blade screw driver
Thanks for watching
@@lifeathand1062 ok thanks i was wondering becuase they seem to be hard to get out. I been looking for days for a video on this, your video is the only one that showed everything. Thank you so much
Thanks for the video bud. It helped me 👍🏻
Good video
What if the cables are good but door only opens sometimes? I opened everything up but the cables end are good. Maybe the latch has issues?
Try cleaning the latch and then putting a good silicone spray on it. I would probably use some break parts cleaner just be sure to wear safety glasses.
How does the top half of the door panel come off
Sorry I just saw this there isjust a few screws and then you lift up on the panel to get it out
Thanks for your service sir
Where do you live I want to fix my car bro
Man this is tough I hope I can get it on my calendar is not broken it just popped off ill try to put it on this weekend ill keep you updated
I had to peck the cable ends back in I'll answer questions if I'm able to get service also I am going to upload a video on how to fix the AC of it's switching from vent to defrost when under a load
I apologize for not responding quicker I'm in the mountains alot and just got the notification for your msg
How did you get the latch out with the lock rod attached to it? I unscrewed the thing and wasn't able to pull it out because the other end was still connected to the lock.
You have to reach up in the door and disconnect the plastic clip from the lock and twist to get it out
I researched my video you just turn the rod until it comes out of the white plastic hole piece it is difficult horrible design
@@lifeathand1062
Thanks for the reply. I will try that tomorrow.
9:23 the metal rod at your pinky. On mines there is a plastic orange piece holding the other end of it where the keyhole deal is. Is that the piece that i twist?
You have to turn the piece that was bolted in to get the hook piece to come out you have to work with it a bit
The problem is if you can't get the back doors open you can't fix anything
@@JohnWarren-c9u can you access the doors from the inside or are they blocked
Look at the video around 5:28 to 5;20
Did you buy the cables or the whole assembly
My problem is that one of my rear doors on my E350 Econo Wagon (16-passenger) van is closed shut and I don't know how to open it so I can repair it.
If you take the inside panel off the door then take the part around the handle off you can reach in and find the mechanism that will open the door it should have the cables attached you pull the cable which should open the door I hope this helps
@@lifeathand1062 Yes. Thank you. I did it, thanks to you.
Did you get yours fixed
@@lifeathand1062 I have repaired two of the doors on my van. I still need to fix the rear doors. I've just been really lazy about getting to it. It's been raining like crazy here in Southern California, which is an oddity, since we've been in an ongoing drought for, oh, I don't know, what, something like over thirty years now. In the last three weeks, we've had more rain than we've had in the last ten years combined. Today, Saturday (1-30-2021) is sunny, but cold outside. I've been spending almost all of my time looking for a job online, so the camper van project has been set aside, at least, for the next few weeks, anyway. Thank you for asking though.
I pulled down cable over and over never opens.
Good video man this really helped me out. Thank you for sharing.
Thanks for watching I'm glad it helped
My third time through fixing this.
Ayight,ayight...
Your not showing whis short cable and long cable!
Not sure what the comment says
I did exactly that with those three screws now none of them with come of cause they are rounded 😂😂😂
Horrible design thanks Ford yikes
I'm sure you're aware of the metal ferrules, I think they're $20.00. Can't see doing only 1 of the back doors, time kills those plastic ferrules
None of you understand when the door breaks it breaks in the closed position how do you get it open to replace the latch none of you even talked about this 300 videos none of you say how do you get the door open
@JohnWarren-c9u if you take the inside panel off you cand see where the cable runs if you pull on those, it will open the door. I do apologize. I think I started recording afte that. I hope this helps.