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Removing automotive door panels

I've got 2001 pick-em-up truck (Frontier) on which a door lock has failed... can lock/unlock with the key, lock from the interior, but not unlock.

I remember such a thing happening years ago on another vehicle... $4 part, $50 labor :-(

I can't figure out how you remove the interior door panel to get at stuff :-(

Anyone with such experience?

Thanks! ...Jim Thompson

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Jim Thompson
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Yes. But not on a Frontier. Try:

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Consider yourself lucky.!!!

I ran across a very similar post on Google (while looking for something totally unrelated, of course!!) and in their situation - the door was locked and shut and no way to unlock it. And if you can't get the door open, I suspect it would be pretty damn difficult to take the door panel off ??

And along the same lines... This from a recent show: (your MIT friends Tom & Ray over at CarTalk), apparently a Hearse doesn't have an inside door handle for the "passenger" compartment.

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Last Thursday (a week ago) son-in-law-to-be asks to borrow my truck so he can pick up a dishwasher. Will return it on Sunday.

I say, "Sure! But be advised you need to lock the passenger-side door with the key."

On Sunday he calls and asks if he can keep it until this Thursday, he has other things that he needs the truck for.

"Sure, no problem". (Ten-year-old truck with only 29,000 miles on it... not like it's an essential part of my life ;-)

Yesterday, when son-in-law-to-be returned the truck, he had repaired the door, changed oil and filter, rotated the tires, fixed the spare, adjusted the rear brakes, fixed a minor drip from the rear-end AND... filled up the tank!

If he owned a liquor store he'd be the perfect son-in-law ;-) ...Jim Thompson

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| Analog Innovations, Inc.                         |     et      |
| Analog/Mixed-Signal ASIC's and Discrete Systems  |    manus    |
| Phoenix, Arizona  85048    Skype: Contacts Only  |             |
| Voice:(480)460-2350  Fax: Available upon request |  Brass Rat  |
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Jim Thompson

Assuming he's as nice to your daughter as to your truck!

Cheers

Phil Hobbs

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Phil Hobbs

This is the daughter-in-law (Duane's widow) add a son-in-law situation. ...Jim Thompson

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| James E.Thompson, CTO                            |    mens     |
| Analog Innovations, Inc.                         |     et      |
| Analog/Mixed-Signal ASIC's and Discrete Systems  |    manus    |
| Phoenix, Arizona  85048    Skype: Contacts Only  |             |
| Voice:(480)460-2350  Fax: Available upon request |  Brass Rat  |
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Jim Thompson

So how did he get the door panel off?

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Hal Murray

I have no idea exactly what he did, but he runs the vehicle (cars _and_ motorcycles) maintenance shop for the Chandler Police Department, so I'm sure he knows how to do it properly. ...Jim Thompson

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| James E.Thompson, CTO                            |    mens     |
| Analog Innovations, Inc.                         |     et      |
| Analog/Mixed-Signal ASIC's and Discrete Systems  |    manus    |
| Phoenix, Arizona  85048    Skype: Contacts Only  |             |
| Voice:(480)460-2350  Fax: Available upon request |  Brass Rat  |
| E-mail Icon at http://www.analog-innovations.com |    1962     |
             
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Jim Thompson

Wow! That's one impressive story...

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Michael A. Terrell

Oooooh! That's one of those, "I know how I got up here. How do I get down?" ;-) ...Jim Thompson

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Jim Thompson

That's why they won't hire Sloman. :)

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In message , Phil Hobbs writes

Nah, he just wants to make sure he gets extra helpings this Christmas at Jim's table.

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