newb from CA I've got a maverick with problems

so any way this isn't my first rodeo but I've got a new one for you guys its almost a riddle.... How do you open a locked door that the lock cyl is bad(turn the key and it doesn't unlock) and the pull on the inside is gone. it cannot be slimjimed I've tried.

anyway now that thats out of the way..

Hello everyone my name is Brad and I'm an old caraholic.

so my car has some rust lower quarters door bottom on the driver side and hood. it has the orignal 200 that still runs ok 3-speed on the floor bad drum brakes on the front ect....

will pinto/mustangii spindles interchange? i know granada will but i know a guy...
any way thanks for reading look forward to hearing from yall and ill add pics soon

 

Welcome from Northern California!
Sorry I can't help with your question, but I'm sure somebody will chime in.

 

Pull the door panel off, and get at the guts.

 

how do i do that with the door closed? the riddle gets deeper

 

to the board....

 

your lock rod has probably come off from someone trying to open it before, if the passenger door is intact, just use a j hook , or a strong coat hanger, and pull up on the lock button, you will need a wedge to put between the glass and door, dont spread it too much,

 

I will give it a try tomorrow

 

to the site!!!!!

 

You might have to remove the front seat in order to get the door panel off and do what Dave B suggested....."get at the guts".

No....will not work.

 

A Maverick/Comet/Granada/Monarch are all rear steer cars where as the Pinto/Bobcat/Mustang II are all front steer cars so the spindles won't interchange

 

Take your time, and don't wreck the door panel, it can be done, I've done it on a car, with the seats in.

 

...:Handshake

 

from Atlantic Canada!

 

Welcome to the forum. A rod on the inside of the door latch can be pulled up to make it open.

 

here is a silly answer is the threaded rod for the knob still in the inside hole if so thread on a new knob. other wise it is pull the inside panel