Blast the heck out of the lock mechanism with WD-40 or
someother spray lube down through the glass area or where
ever you can get it down to the guts of the latch. You may
also want to try pushing in on the door while trying to
operate the handle. I had a 66 that sometimes the door
didn't want to open. Pushing in on the door & lifting the
handle at the same time opened it right up.
John
Don Savard wrote:
> Greg,
> I had the same problem on a patrs car I had. The latch
> mechanism had seized in place from lack of use and buildup
> of leaves and dirt in the latch. Opened the door as
> follows:
> Laid down in the back seat and with a friend holding the
> inner door lever in the open position I applied repeated
> mechanical agitation on the inner door near the latch and
> finally got it open. When I opened it it took a lot of
> lubrication to the latch and innards to get the assembly
> to work properly.
> Good luck and hope this works for you.
> Don
>
> FFGREG32@xxxxxxx wrote:
>
>> I have a dilemma, my friend is getting down to the
>> removal of the door handles on my 1964 Imperial in
>> preparation for receiving it's first paint job since the
>> factory in 63. I have a problem though. The passenger
>> side door will not open. The door pull knob seems to be
>> up, but the door will not unlock with key, outside pull,
>> or inside handle. Any suggestions? I want to remove the
>> inner door panel so I can access and remove the outer
>> door handle. Thanks in advance. I'm getting closer to
>> being on the road, and getting excited. Greg
>> (64 4 door Crown)
>
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> 71 Dodge Dart Swinger 340 (clone)
> 96 Dodge Dakota
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