Did one of these today. A little bit different on a 2014 E-350 passenger van, although maybe that had to do with the handle being plastic? I had to use stainless fasteners, but they were like yours--hex socket, pan-head, 1/4-20 thread; I buttered up the holes in the door and the shafts of the screws with Tef-Jel to hopefully prevent the steel from rusting due to contact with stainless in an exterior environment. If it were my van, I'd have chosen to rivet it, probably. But those screws with a lock nut should be pretty secure. (Just did as I was told--it's the shuttle where I work, so it's a company vehicle.) If they want to steal it, they're going to steal it...
Wow a relatively new video that's about to save me a bunch of money replacing all my pops workvan doors 😂... He's got over 200k on it and besides the rust, his door handles are the only broken thing on it. Poorly and cheaply designed unfortunately but I'll definitely get the metal handles. Only the 2 front doors open from the outside so it's getting to be a real pain in the ass 🤣
I’m out of the van, had to use my chair and climb over driver seat and out and into my other chair. I’m out of the van in the middle I august Florida day. I’m paralized from Swine flu ( H1N1) very rare. 8 years.
Not 100% I just brought the door handle with me to the hardware store and found some that fit. I did use a black coated bolt and they already rusted so I'll be pulling those out and replacing with something else.
hey i have the same problem with my van, where did you get the handle, i cant seem to find the exact model that my van has, can you send me a link or point me in the right direction?
I used stainless 1/4 X 20 X 1/2” Allen with the nylon anti-vibration nuts on the inside. I see you asked the question a year ago but this is for the next guy. I bought mine on eBay it was a Dorman part but the package was open and there was no rivets included.
My 07 had an arm and you had to release the yellow clip at the top and the only way to get out it was to remove the three torques 27 bolts holding the latch in and push it off to the side to undo the latch 3:46 . Pull the handle out from the outside with the arm still attached. I’m glad I didn’t have a cable like all my other doors that I’ve had to repair the cable ends on every one so far.
