door wont unlock, how to open?

[RumbleFish]

so i locked the doors on the 92 today. the power locks are non-functional, i pushed it down manually. later when i tried to unlock the passenger door, it would not do so. i can not pull the knob up, i cant pull the handle to open the door which usually pops the knob up, and i can not turn the key to unlock it either.

i figure i will pull the door panel, but then it hit me that i can not open the door to get said panel off. there might be enough room to get it off without removing the seat, but i dunno for sure.

HOW IN THE HELL DO I GET THIS THING UNLOCKED??!?!!?

ive never had an experience like this, permenantly locked out eventhough i have the key. id really like to get this fixed up, as i have to haul a car this weekend for a buddy.

im open to suggestions. i can only imagine what Pete is gonna say about this....

[Richie O]

I had one freeze the other way. On mine it was the power actuator frozen solid. I took off the linkage and forgot about it. It was easy for me though because at least I could open the door. Good luck.

[1991cummins]

can you get in the vehicle at all? if not if you have a rear/beer window you can get in through there, the glue that holds it together disintigrated on mine so i can just pop it off by pulling on the glass... im sure yours is the same...

as far as the panel goes i would try to remove it without removing the seat and then going from there...

[TWorline]

The same thing happened to Philip at SOP4, seems like he pulled the top of the panel out and shot WD40 down at the door latch assembly to get it freed up. If it is both doors maybe you could shoot it down from the corner of the glass down to the assembly from the outside.

[PToombs]

Jeff, I don't need to say anything, do I?


I think Philip sprayed brake cleaner in there. He said the lube was gummy and made it stick.
You might get the panel off with the seat in, be a beatch though. Like was said, try to spray around the window. Could it be frozen?

[RumbleFish]

no, its just the passenger side door that wont unlock. i may not need to tick it in the corner, as there are large holes in the door skin left over form the power mirrors. im sure this had a lil somehting to do with this freezing up, as well as the windows not getting in a hurry to raise or lower. i finally got a set of doors back i gave a buddy, so at some point im gonna swap em onto the truck, and hopefully swap the power stuffs into them.

this sounds like a good get out of the house and away from her family type project for tomorrow

[TWorline]

It doesn't have a bailing wire security device on it from the PO by chance?!

[PToombs]

Tim, I think you mean Barbed wire security device!

[RumbleFish]

obviously not Tim, eveyone knows its bailing twine....

and replaying the events of Philips stuck door in my head, it was only the interior door handle that wouldn't open the door. it opened fine from the outside, and he spayed some monkey piss or something down in it after he had it open.

my issue is that i locked the doors, and now the passenger side wont unlock. i cant get the knob to pull up far enough to get the door open from inside or out. my 6 yr old even tried, and he claims to be stronger than me!

[redneckroot]

I haven't seen the inside of one of these doors yet, but if you have one that you can look at, you might be able to fish a wire down and hook the rod? Just a guess, my old lady locks her keys in her car at least once every two months, so I'm getting pretty good at opening doors. (yes she does have a spare key which is usually in her purse in her car)

[dpuckett]

This happened once in a blue moon with me. Seems like I had to get someone inside pulling up on the lock knob while I turned the key. That, or just try turning the key and pushing the door button at the same time. The lock internals in the passenger door arent like what's on the driver's door. Take it apart and you'll see what I mean. Is the door shut all the way, or stuck in the middle setting? Seems like it behaved better if it was shut all the way.

The windows and locks were screwy when I got it. I'm sure the opening from the power mirrors isnt helping you at all, though. How anyone can stand them with a flatbed is beyond me.....

I almost feel bad for ya, expcet that the wheel bearings in your truck were shot to crap and back. Makes us even.

DP

[RumbleFish]

d'oh, sorry to hear about the bearings. if i'd known, i sure would have told ya. the door is all the way shut. i havent had time to mess with it, ive been avoiding family stuff undercover. if i was messing with my truck, id get caught for sure!

[dpuckett]

Spray some PB, WD40, etc, in the lock assembly, and try fiddling with it when the family stuff is over.

No harm done on the wheel bearings- it's part of an old truck. ALL of the bearings and seals were less than some single bearings on a dually.

DP

[Philip]

Jeff mine didn't open form eather handle. Like Tim said. I just sprayed some brake cleaner down threw the window opening till the latch came loose. After I got it opened I removed the door panel and finished cleaning the latch and reoiling it.

I have had to do that on all three of Jeremy's trucks over the years. The lubraplate that the factory uses gets hard with age.