# 1978 cadillac door strap connection

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/1978-cadillac-door-strap-connection/8455>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Created:** [December 18, 2007, 6:06pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1978-cadillac-door-strap-connection/8455 "2007-12-18T18:06:26Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Oledoug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e36b37/32.png) [@Oledoug](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Oledoug)\
**Post date:** [December 18, 2007, 6:06pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1978-cadillac-door-strap-connection/8455/1 "2007-12-18T18:06:26Z")

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I recently obtained my Aunt and Uncles 78 Cadillac with 32,000 miles on it. They passed with in a few months of each other and I was offered the car during the settling of thier estate. The door strap that you pull on the passenger side has pulled loose. Does anyone know if I can pull the cap off the strap stretcher and get to the nut to tighten that inside the door?

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**Author:** ![Roadrunner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/d2c977/32.png) [@Roadrunner](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Roadrunner)\
**Post date:** [December 18, 2007, 7:53pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1978-cadillac-door-strap-connection/8455/2 "2007-12-18T19:53:28Z")

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You may have to remove the door panel to access this.

Hopefully Caddyman will see your post cause he’ll have your answer.

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**Author:** ![mcparadise](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/mcparadise/32/32_2.png) [@mcparadise](https://community.cartalk.com/u/mcparadise)\
**Post date:** [December 18, 2007, 8:37pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1978-cadillac-door-strap-connection/8455/3 "2007-12-18T20:37:30Z")

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If you’re planning to keep the car, I suggest purchasing a Haynes service manual. These manuals are not expensive and contain LOADS of valuable information about caring for and repairing the vehicle. I’m sure a Haynes manual will show you how to repair or replace the door pull strap, as well as just about anything else you might want to attempt.

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**Author:** ![homer2804](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e9a140/32.png) [@homer2804](https://community.cartalk.com/u/homer2804)\
**Post date:** [December 19, 2007, 9:51pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1978-cadillac-door-strap-connection/8455/4 "2007-12-19T21:51:22Z")

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IIRC the cover slides off and has a phillips head or 2 under it. Mind you the last '78 I worked on was my Dad’s Fleetwood Brougham, the upgrade of the Sedan Deville. I was 10 y/o and more of a tool holder LOL. I do miss those old one’s, I can still feel the boat like handling of Gramps’s 1969 hardtop sedan…

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**Author:** ![charles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6f9a4e/32.png) [@charles](https://community.cartalk.com/u/charles)\
**Post date:** [December 24, 2007, 12:35am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1978-cadillac-door-strap-connection/8455/5 "2007-12-24T00:35:55Z")

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if your local store has a book for 1978 cady they don,t sell many items.