How to remove rear door panel.... with door closed?

[96Fleetwood]

Thanks for all the info, I will have to give these suggestions a try. If I can't get it, I know a good body shop that I will take it to.

Here are a few pictures:











It is a 1991 Brougham with the 5.7 liter and cloth interior, 131K miles. Runs fantastic and sounds pretty good with the dual Flowmasters.

It needs a little TLC, so I am going to drive it and fix it up then sell it around Xmas.

[Night Wolf]

How loud is the exhaust when cruising?

I've thought about getting some aftermarket mufflers on the Town Car.... but I have a hard time cutting up a mint factory (true dual) exhaust system.... and don't want a loud exhaust when crusing.

[Aron9000]

Originally Posted by Night Wolf

How loud is the exhaust when cruising?

I've thought about getting some aftermarket mufflers on the Town Car.... but I have a hard time cutting up a mint factory (true dual) exhaust system.... and don't want a loud exhaust when crusing.

Depends on which flowmaster muffler you get, they make about a dozen different varations ranging from quite to race car style mufflers.

[96Fleetwood]

The exhaust isn't loud by my standards.. it is nothing compared to what I have in my 1996.

You can hear the slight V8 rumble at idle and then at WOT it really roars. There is no drone or over powering sound while cruising.

[Night Wolf]

Originally Posted by 96Fleetwood

The exhaust isn't loud by my standards.. it is nothing compared to what I have in my 1996.

You can hear the slight V8 rumble at idle and then at WOT it really roars. There is no drone or over powering sound while cruising.

Hmmm, what series are those?

In the past I was not too fond of Flowmaster.... maybe they changed?

I'd want something with a slight V8 rumble and then a healty sound at WOT.... as it is now, you can really only hear the nice V8 sound at WOT, if the windows are down and no music on... but it does sound good

Droning, or much any higher then normal sound when crusing is a big no-no for me... for the last month I had to deal with the downpipe on the Isuzu rigged up to the manifold since both studs broke off... wow that grew old fast, it was so loud and just annoying... I finally rigged it up better to where it's actually kinda held tight and is no almost as quiet as it should be (minus cracks in the manifold that were there) but thru all that, I realized that a loud exhaust would just be annoying on a car that is daily driven and used for highway trips.

[deVille33]

Okay,
My '78 Brougham has this problem and I ended up taking off the door hinges and pulling the door away from the front. Then I was able to remove the door panel. It is still hard to reach the latch and evaluate what the &&@$ is going on in there, but I'm closer to the solution. I have another latch which I can use as an example to figure what has gone amiss.

[deVille33]

Awright, for those of you interested, Remove the rear door hinges and pull the door out as far as you can. You can access the edge of the door panel with an upolstery tool that sets off at a 60 degree angle. I broke a couple retainers, but got it free. Remove the door strap and fixture. Remove the door control moulding and interior light. You don't have to remove the rear seat, but it's removal may make the back edge of the panel more assessable. It's a good idea to brace the bottom edge of the door so it doesn't fall off on the ground.
I'm removing the door, so after removing the panel insulation and moisture barrier, I disconnected the electronic wiring from the various motors and assessories.
Not sure as to what your problem is entirely, but in my case the door handle control lever was flopping back and forth loosely, but not activating the door latch actuating lever. The actuating lever moved back and forth a little but the pivot rivet wasn't holding in place. A mini mag light is quite handy in this application, as it is hard to see in there, because the assess is very restrictive.
Had to use a lady slipper pry bar to force the door latch lever back and alternately pushing on the locking edge of the latch, which was very hard to see or locate. Success.
I hope this helps you get yours.