1995 Ram Van side door conversion [?]
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1995 Ram Van side door conversion [?]
I recently bought a '95 Ram 3500 Van that needs plenty of work, and one such project will be replacing the sliding side door. The door is off the track and will pop out in the back, but the front stays locked in the frame and won't budge. I am wondering if it's possible to completely swap the sliding door for barn doors.
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I have the slider door on my 99 too and for a work rig it was what I had preferred.
Where is it off the track, top or bottom? I had to replace the front latch a handful of years ago, not any to be found in the wrecking yards here but it was still available online in the ball park of $150. Took me a couple years before deciding to finally change it so had pulled the latch access panel and pull on the release rod to open when needed to.
On the rear latch it may be only that a retaining clip came off and the rod popped out of place for you? Never have had a problem with that one other than an adjustment to the catch post
Where is it off the track, top or bottom? I had to replace the front latch a handful of years ago, not any to be found in the wrecking yards here but it was still available online in the ball park of $150. Took me a couple years before deciding to finally change it so had pulled the latch access panel and pull on the release rod to open when needed to.
On the rear latch it may be only that a retaining clip came off and the rod popped out of place for you? Never have had a problem with that one other than an adjustment to the catch post
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I have the slider door on my 99 too and for a work rig it was what I had preferred.
Where is it off the track, top or bottom? I had to replace the front latch a handful of years ago, not any to be found in the wrecking yards here but it was still available online in the ball park of $150. Took me a couple years before deciding to finally change it so had pulled the latch access panel and pull on the release rod to open when needed to.
On the rear latch it may be only that a retaining clip came off and the rod popped out of place for you? Never have had a problem with that one other than an adjustment to the catch post
Where is it off the track, top or bottom? I had to replace the front latch a handful of years ago, not any to be found in the wrecking yards here but it was still available online in the ball park of $150. Took me a couple years before deciding to finally change it so had pulled the latch access panel and pull on the release rod to open when needed to.
On the rear latch it may be only that a retaining clip came off and the rod popped out of place for you? Never have had a problem with that one other than an adjustment to the catch post
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You can't see any of that if the front latch won't release as HeyYou mentioned above ,the door has to be open... There's a small panel, maybe 8"x10" with just 4 screws that secures handle where you can access the front latch and connecting rods. Once inside, the long horizontal rod at the top (as I recall) connects the front and rear latch. That should release them with an easy pull on it
Last edited by JFloors; 05-20-2019 at 10:06 PM.
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on the older. "square-r" body vans it was pretty simple task.... I hated the single back door on some, my uncle had one that we swapped for the double doors... same hinges for both options but the single door more than 2x heavier, more stress on those puny hinges..... ive seen the slider swapped for double doors (haven't done one myself though) on those older models. I don't care for the slider myself
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Did convert slider to double doors for same reason
It wasn't a perfect fix yet, but is functional. I replaced my sliding door, which kept breaking, with the double doors. There is 1 main problem. The step on the sliding door is much lower than the one for the doors. I bled a2x6 to the bottom of the step to mostly fill the space, and I intend to weld a piece of metal in eventually.