Swapped Door now it wont open Options

[Warapparel]

Hey 6GC I have a problem that i couldn't solve. Today i swapped out my old dented up door for a good condition one that I was able to get from a member here. During the door swapping process the door closed, and it was not opening. Luckily i didn't have the panel on and i could manipulate all the parts for the handle to work on the inside. After a lot of cussing and frustration i was finally able to get it open. I did swap out my lock tumbler from my original driver door so i can use the same key for everything, After looking at all the parts more carefully i decided to test out the door. I closed it and it opened! i was so happy that i did that about 15 times.

After that i decided to finally put everything together, and it was going smoothly. I wasnt having any troubles at this point. When i was moving my car out of the driveway to park it on the street, i saw that my lock indicator on the handle was saying that it was unlocked. I found that a little odd so i hit the lock button and heard the sound of my locks working, but the drivers side was staying open. I manually moved it to lock, and found that i could still open my door. I went back in, manually unlocked it and then opened my door. After that i manually locked it AND hit the lock button, and now i cant get my door open.

Is there any way to get this door open again? i cant take off the door panel to access the guts of it and im completely stumped. Does any one of the celica gurus here have any idea what is going on?

[richee3]

How about the small piece of trim that goes behind the door panel? Can you remove that and get access to the rod that actuates the lock?