I had the identical problem in my 64 New Yorker, and found that the problem
was that the last time I had unlocked the door with the key, I had not
turned the key all the way to the unlock position, leaving the interlock
mechanism in a sort of never - neverland position. Try just inserting the
key, then turning it all the way one way (try the outside handle), then the
other way (try the outside handle again) to see if you can fix it that way.
If that doesn't work, you'll have to pop that door panel off there and study
the mechanism to fix it.
Dick Benjamin
----- Original Message -----
From: <Bobby_Wicker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, December 13, 2002 9:14 AM
Subject: IML: Inaccessible Imperial
>
> I have a problem that has been progressive for the last couple of months
> and has now come to a head. My 64 Crown's front exterior door handles
were
> not catching or actuating whatever internal connection releases the catch
> to open the door. I realized that I had an ominous new problem on my
hands
> when I was having to pull up on the handle three or four times before it
> would catch and has gotten progressively worse. I have been unable to
open
> either front door from the outside for quite a while now, which is just as
> well because the car has been out of commission for weeks now due to a
> faulty new power steering hose I had made at NAPA to replace a faulty new
> hose I got from AutoShack. Long story short I rounded off the nut trying
> to get it back off of the power steering unit and have not had a chance to
> figure it out yet, but I digress. Now I have to leave the back doors
> unlocked to get into the car. It's not really cool to be out in your
> Imperial and have to open the rear door, reach over the front seat to pull
> the interior handle to open the door. It opens fine from the inside but
> doesn't sound just right. Kind of a slight rubbing sound more than
normal.
> Do I have something that has come loose or do I need to just lubricate
> something? I really don't want to have to pull the interior door panel
off
> if I don't have to for fear of breaking something or of not getting it
back
> on just right by myself. Has anyone else ever had this happen? I don't
> want to exacerbate an existing problem by letting it go but I also don't
> want to break something in an attempt to fix it. I need a little help
>
>
>
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