 Swapped Door now it wont open |
 Oct 24, 2015 - 8:47 PM
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Enthusiast  Joined Mar 4, '12 From San Francisco, CA Currently Offline Reputation: 8 (100%)  |
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? |
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Nov 15, 2015 - 9:18 PM
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Enthusiast Joined Mar 4, '12 From San Francisco, CA Currently Offline Reputation: 8 (100%) |
I have fixed the door! I was toying around with my other door to figure out a way to get it open without having to break anything. I lowered the window and took a thin metal rod and bent the tip into an L shape and while using my iphones light i was able to pull up the rod that was connected to my outer door handle. Turns out the spring mechanism on the replacement door was stuck. After i got it open i swapped out the replacement lock mechanism for my working one. Now everything is all good!
The door was actually a repainted door and it is a darker shade than my car is. But i will either be doing a full repaint or maybe just dip the car. IDK at the moment, im just happy that one problem was fixed. On to the next problem |
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Warapparel Swapped Door now it wont open Oct 24, 2015 - 8:47 PM
richee3 How about the small piece of trim that goes behind... Oct 24, 2015 - 9:00 PM Spider77 Last door issue i had involved cutting open the do... Oct 24, 2015 - 9:10 PM Warapparel I am able to get to the rods that operate from the... Oct 24, 2015 - 9:13 PM Bitter so it's in lock and the lock rod on the key cy... Oct 25, 2015 - 8:14 PM Warapparel I think that is the case yes. Im at the point wher... Oct 25, 2015 - 8:36 PM njccmd2002 Do you have the old door?
Door handle is plastic... Oct 26, 2015 - 5:30 AM Warapparel i do still have my old door. i might actually do t... Oct 26, 2015 - 2:23 PM
njccmd2002 thats good to know. case closed. Nov 15, 2015 - 10:44 PM |
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