need help finding part

[Philip Shultz]

hello all,
new guy here with a 1997 explorer XLT 4 door... rear driver side door latch mechanism is missing the clip that the rod from exterior door handle attaches too... no idea what this is called or where to get one.... any help is appreciated

thank you

 

[fastpakr]

Does anything on this diagram help you out?
OEM 1997 Ford Explorer Rear Door Parts - BlueSpringsFordParts.com

 

[Philip Shultz]

No,
but thank you....what i need is (i'm guessing) a little plastic clip that holds the rod from outside door handle to the latch itself....might have to check JY i guess

 

[fastpakr]

It's almost certainly on one of the diagrams available here, I'm just not sure which.
OEM 1997 Ford Explorer XLT Parts - BlueSpringsFordParts.com


Can you take a picture?

 

[Philip Shultz]

problem is, that it is completely gone, there is just a hole in the latch mechanism where it "should" be..... so no i cannot take a pic, since it's not there... i dont see it on any of those diagrams i will continue to look though, maybe i missed it

 

[Philip Shultz]

close...i need the piece that goes on the opposite end of that rod where it connects to the actual latch assembly

 

[toypaseo]

pic of it might be in here: How To: Drivers Exterior Door Handle Replacement

 

[Philip Shultz]

yes!...the "infamous yellow block connector " is what i need..... any idea where to buy one?

 

[toypaseo]

Dorman Products - 75473 ?

 

[Philip Shultz]

just ordered....hope it will work