Somehow I managed to disconnect the lock cylinder to the door linkage. Has anyone seen this before? I know it sounds dumb, it's just that I have no daylight time to work on these things and we're not allowed to work on cars in the lot. I pushed down on the linkage through the door trim to release the lock and now the lock cylinder won't unlock the door. Any ideas? They key turns both ways, but won't lock or unlock the door.

 

maybe the rod clip broke or was loose and let the rod fall out on either side of the linkage. thats all i have. you'll need to take the door panel off to check it.

 

take off yer door panel (don't loose the screws) and look inside mabye you'll be able to see whats wrong. my door panels are off and i can see everything that goes on in there hopefully whatever it is just came apart and isn't broken.

-seth

 

It easy to reconnect the linkage. There are green and yellow plastric peices at the ends of the linkage with a hole in the middle and a latch (sort of thing) on the end that locks it to the wire.
All you have to do is put the linkage (aka wire) back throw the hole of the plastic connector and then rotate the connector to lock onto the linkage.

BTW: you need to take the door panel off to do this and use a flashlight

I wish I had a digital camera as I could show ya.

 

Thanks guys. Now to find some new molding and door seals - this crap is OLD!