Tailgate Assembly Help 1974 with glass

[Chief Brody]

I am looking for a little help figuring out the center mechanism that the interior gate latch pushes to open the tail gate.

Has anyone here recently put one together...and I need to know if I am missing a spring or something on that mechanism...just can't figure it out:

 

[blazer74]

This Help?

 

[Chief Brody]

I got that illustration...there's too much going on...I still can't see where the stuff goes

 

[rampage]

Does this help? It's from my 89 service manual.

 

[blazer74]

The blue one is missing some parts but u can see #57 attaches with one bolt, it just sits there doesn't move. The other pic not real clear but u can see the spring goes up to the mechanism.

 

[Chief Brody]

that one doesn't look the same as mine

 

[Chief Brody]

Does this help? It's from my 89 service manual.

I don't think mine has the whole 52 through 59 section, doesn't look familliar to any of the parts I got, I don't have anything that looks like that lockout rod

 

[blazer74]

I'm going to say your missing some parts then.

 

[Chief Brody]

Yeah...I don't have that curved rod or spring that you see in the middle of that photo, what does that thing do?

 

[rampage]

It's the lockout rod and spring (53 & 54 in the diagram I posted). Keeps the latch from operating unless the window is all the way down.
I looked at the LMC catalog and all the pieces they list (minus a few minor parts) are the same for all second gens.

 

[blazer74]

Not really sure what it does, never paid much attention to it, would have to open mine up and look.

Edit. That makes sense what rampage said.

 

[Chief Brody]

I don't think I ever saw those parts when I took it apart...i will go back and look at my tear down photos