MONTE CARLO Window Crank - spring
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To be honest, I've never seen the spring on any G door I pulled door panels off of.
I've seen several vendors that seem to indicate they belong. Here is a link: https://www.dixierestorationdepot.com/Product/Detail.aspx?s=DM30037&d=177
They have been used on many GM models over the years & venders do get some incorrect info based on the supplier info like fits like 19xx to 19xx fits A, B, F cars & trucks & vans but clumps all together.
Now in my GM-Chevy '76-'81 & '82-'90 parts catalogs do not list a spring for '78-'88 A/G models. Same in my GM-Pontiac '76-'81 parts catalog.
They were a mainstay of the old GM vehicles, although they weren't used in every model after they started going to molded and split door panels. The spring in question was GM p/n 4078002. The Olds parts book only called out for them from 86-88 G without YT1 (Salon door panels) and power windows (duh). The retainer spring for the handle was p/n 4168122.
Yet, the Monte Carlo does not seem to use the spring...according to parts info.
In the "old days" the door panels were one huge flat panel of vinyl-covered cardboard, normally only clipped along the side edges and with screws at the bottom as well as fasteners to hold on the peripheal junk like arm rests and stuff. But the area around the door window cranks did not have much support. Thus, there could be an unsightly gap. To remove such gap, a lightweight spring was used to keep the panel up to the back of the window crank. Same with vent windows on those equipped. Usually conical springs, but some early 60s versions were not. There was a straight version under GM p/n 4566746.
See here:
This is the ones I'm used to seeing on the 60s/70s era cars.
Yet, the Monte Carlo does not seem to use the spring...according to parts info.
In the "old days" the door panels were one huge flat panel of vinyl-covered cardboard, normally only clipped along the side edges and with screws at the bottom as well as fasteners to hold on the peripheal junk like arm rests and stuff. But the area around the door window cranks did not have much support. Thus, there could be an unsightly gap. To remove such gap, a lightweight spring was used to keep the panel up to the back of the window crank. Same with vent windows on those equipped. Usually conical springs, but some early 60s versions were not. There was a straight version under GM p/n 4566746.
See here:
This is the ones I'm used to seeing on the 60s/70s era cars.
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