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?

[Spider77]

Last door issue i had involved cutting open the door to actuate a tab to unlock it. Hopefully you can figure out something else less destructive.

[Warapparel]

I am able to get to the rods that operate from the inside handle.but no matter how much i move them the door wont open. I think it may be the rod that connects to the door lock . But i have no way of accessing that

[Bitter]

so it's in lock and the lock rod on the key cylinder is off and the lock rod from the inside lock tab is off too?

[Warapparel]

I think that is the case yes. Im at the point where im trying to decide which one is more worth it to destroy to get it open, the door or the new panel. i just replaced both and it would kill me to have to cut open a good condition premium speaker door panel. But at the same time cutting the door open would defeat the whole purpose of me getting the replacement door as well.

[njccmd2002]

Do you have the old door?

Door handle is plastic. Destroy and access from there
If you have spare door. Replace from there

[Warapparel]

i do still have my old door. i might actually do that. I can replace the outer handle and the whole lock mechanism to my old one because that worked flawlessly

[Warapparel]

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

[njccmd2002]

thats good to know. case closed.