No more door latches for 96 xj in 2024?

[4x4Phil]

Heyo,

I have a 96 XJ manual door locks and my driver side door latch is broken, metal latch is broke. For the life of me, I cannot find a replacement on Ebay, amazon, parts geek, rock auto etc.

Anyone know if there is anyone that has these new? I checked my local pick a part and they didn't have any on their lot, maybe need to look at a few more places.

Or anyone know of any mods to take a 97 latch and loop to upgrade the latch and pin?

Jeep 55000767 Drivers Left Front Door Lock Actuator is the name of the part.

 

[Rob Mayercik]

Are you sure the manual lock actuator is different from the power one? From what I can remember from the last time I was in one of the doors in my '92, I thought the power lock thing just added the solenoid thing, a linkage rod, and a bellcrank to actuate the same thing the manual rocker moved.

Given that, can you just use a power lock-based module, and simply omit the solenoid and associated linkage? Might be worth pulling one from a yard and comparing to yours, in case I'm remembering right...

 

[Saudade]

You can try searching here:

Car-Part.com--Used Auto Parts Market

Enter the details and your zip code and hopefully you'll find a yard near you that has it.

 

[4x4Phil]

Are you sure the manual lock actuator is different from the power one? From what I can remember from the last time I was in one of the doors in my '92, I thought the power lock thing just added the solenoid thing, a linkage rod, and a bellcrank to actuate the same thing the manual rocker moved.

Given that, can you just use a power lock-based module, and simply omit the solenoid and associated linkage? Might be worth pulling one from a yard and comparing to yours, in case I'm remembering right...

Hi Rob, i'll try that thanks!

 

[Rob Mayercik]

Happy to help (assuming it does end up helping). Let us know how it turns out!