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Door Handle Fun


Kenobi77

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Joined
Jun 5, 2021
Messages
51
City
Washington State, USA
Vehicle Year
1986
Engine
2.9 V6
Transmission
Manual
I’ve just had some door handle/lock issues pop up in my 1986 (all manual, no power options). The interior lock started to become essentially impossible to depress, but functions just fine if locked from the outside or opened from the inside.

Not long after that, my exterior door handle decided to act up. It will no longer open the door either locked or unlocked; there’s no tension behind it and the cable or bar that releases the latch hardly moves.

Obviously something’s broken. Any advice on what I should expect before I tear the door panel off?
 
There are plastic retainer clips that connect the linkages of the lock assemblies. My guess is that one or more of those retainers have failed.
 

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