Passenger side interior grab handle....

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Passenger side interior grab handle....

Postby thrashingcows » Sun Dec 20, 2015 10:42 pm

Needed to do this for a while now...wife has a hard time getting up into Ol' Patches.....;) I had rummaged through the archives of many site before i found a thread over on the DTR that made mention of a set-up I thought would work.

The grab handle is from a 2nd Gen ram...exact location and trim line I do not know. I hot a few wreckers locally but could not find it. I jumped on E-bay and found one within a few minutes.

Here is a pic of the unit....from the thread on DTR. (forgot to grab one of mine)

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First remove your trim and pillar cover. I used a spare unit...in OK shape..been dyed a few times and was warped a bit. I Did not want to cut up the nice grey unit (Hoarding for later). ;)

Then on the flat portion of the metal pillar decide where you want it located.

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Inner holes are 1/4" and the outer holes are for the screws. Next take a bunch of measurements and transfer those to your plastic cover. now grab some files and start working on them.

Should look something like this....

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1984/93 Dodge Crewcab, W350, 1 Ton SRW, long box, 330K Km's, M&H spacer, 366 spring, fuel pin to deep side, 14cm housing, Piston LP, PS IC, Isspro Boost, Pyro and tach, NV4500, 29 spline NP205, 3.54's.


Check out the build....http://www.dieseltruckresource.com/dev/ ... 05923.html
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Re: Passenger side interior grab handle....

Postby thrashingcows » Sun Dec 20, 2015 10:48 pm

Then install the the plastic spacers to make sure they clear the trim.

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Install the handle and screw it in place.

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Then slide the covers over the end and clip them in place.

Before painting trim....

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And after...

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Will pull the handle later and paint it to match.

Looks like it belongs and should help those of less stature get up and into Ol' Patches. :D
1984/93 Dodge Crewcab, W350, 1 Ton SRW, long box, 330K Km's, M&H spacer, 366 spring, fuel pin to deep side, 14cm housing, Piston LP, PS IC, Isspro Boost, Pyro and tach, NV4500, 29 spline NP205, 3.54's.


Check out the build....http://www.dieseltruckresource.com/dev/ ... 05923.html
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Re: Passenger side interior grab handle....

Postby CumminsPower59 » Mon Dec 21, 2015 6:47 am

Pretty nifty ;)
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Re: Passenger side interior grab handle....

Postby little doug » Thu Jan 07, 2016 6:25 pm

That looks good! I think my wife would like that in my 93 ( she says so every time she rides in it). :roll:
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Re: Passenger side interior grab handle....

Postby thrashingcows » Fri Jan 08, 2016 11:43 am

little doug wrote:That looks good! I think my wife would like that in my 93 ( she says so every time she rides in it). :roll:


Yup mine did too. ;) I also just got my step bars on, so now it's a lot easier for her to get up in the truck. :D
1984/93 Dodge Crewcab, W350, 1 Ton SRW, long box, 330K Km's, M&H spacer, 366 spring, fuel pin to deep side, 14cm housing, Piston LP, PS IC, Isspro Boost, Pyro and tach, NV4500, 29 spline NP205, 3.54's.


Check out the build....http://www.dieseltruckresource.com/dev/ ... 05923.html
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Re: Passenger side interior grab handle....

Postby PToombs » Fri Jan 08, 2016 5:05 pm

Last week we all went to dinner and the weather was bad so we took the truck. I laughed my ass off, my wife couldn't get in even with the grab handles. She has a bad foot so it doesn't flex right so she can't roll up to gain height, and I took the steps off when I redid the body and didn't put them back on. She was a little pissed when she finally got in..... :lol:
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