OEM Soft Top Ambulance Doors

[antFJ]

My upper outer hinge is not stock but you get the idea. The inside upper one is bent a little too - it should be straight where it latches against the door

 

[Owyhee Jackass]

Cool, thanks. I can see the Flicker photos now too. Looks like they made the upper, inner part the lower and fabbed a handle for the outside.

Not that I'm that concerned, a motivated person can get into a soft top rather easily, but were there provisions to lock the rear doors?

 

[antFJ]

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[thecrazygreek]

Locks on a soft top may spell trouble. That's why I install a tuffy console for the goodies.

 

[peteinjp]

They came with locks too. 1984 bj46.

 

[JohnnyC]

I think these were checked before in the past... But... Numbers for Handle...

69201-60010
69201-90327 w/lock

 

[peteinjp]

I looked into those both here in Japan and they're NLA.

Pete

 

[Owyhee Jackass]

Thanks guys. Looks like what I'm missing is the interior upper handle and the spring-loaded slide post/dead-bolt at the top.

Dan

 

[Owyhee Jackass]

What did you use for the weather stripping? Looks like its the same as the front door strip. This is s a photo from SOR. They want $50 per front door, don't list anything for the rear soft ambi-door strip.

 

[JohnnyC]

I remember somebody saying they used the sor stuff ... It come in a roll... Oem was also a roll

 

[whitey45]

What's the easiest way to install the weatherstrip?

 

[peteinjp]

And does anyone know a good way to weld/join the corners like oem? my stock doors are very clean at the corners with zero evidence of having been glued.

Pete

 

[JohnnyC]

@whitey45
I used spray silicone to get the weatherstripping in ... And another time I used Palmolive dish soap ... Both worked well but only one worked makes my hands soft and smelling fresh

@peteinjp

I think I used rubber cement (stuff for inner tube patches) the first time I did it ... It did last for awhile ... But it did split eventually ... Never tried to do it after that ... They are pushed very close and my oem gasket wasn't attached either

 

[whitey45]

I did some a few years ago and it took hours, super tight fit. I need to do my amby doors and front doors! I will try the silicone spray!

 

[Economist LC76]

Usually the soft top ambulance door handle is a big unobtanium.

I've found a handle from the classic car that looks very similar

701: exterior door handle - Exterior - Handle - Coachfittings and Body Parts - Vintage Car Parts
You need 701BL - 36mm hole centers.


Unfortunately its not 100% plug and play topic. You can see the dimensions below

The OEM hole centers is ar 34mm. So you need either drill new holes for the 36mm distance or use the OEM old bracket.

 

[Economist LC76]

I decided to use the oem bracket and new aftermarket handle

First problem is that the lock in the aftermarket handle goes in another direction.

You need slightly adjust an OEM bracket

Thats how you can reassamble the aft handle

Plus you need to cut the aftermarket handle and make a hole for the fixation

After assamble

Final picture. Looks OEM for me

 

[Economist LC76]

Another angle

 

[Living in the Past]

If Toyota had Incorporated a lock into the handle simular to the interior handle on the hard top hatch instead of a notch in the right side of the handle probably wouldn't have a many broken handles.

 

[tlaporte]

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Resurrecting an older thread to talk more about weatherstripping.

The conversation earlier regarding the rolls for front doors being the same as for rear doors, that makes sense to me for the upper (canvas) parts of the ambulance doors, but what about the rubber on the lower portions of the door, as seen in the pics above on @peteinjp’s BJ46?

Is that the same stuff? does it match the hard ambulance door stuff? or is it something completely different?