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Old 01-24-2010, 12:54 AM   #3
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Default Re: how to get a door open?

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Originally Posted by greg fulk View Post
Ok guys HELP! My buddy Galuk has an 80 Malibu & the drivers door will not open! When you pick-up on the handle it feels as though nothing is hooked to it? The inside handle is the same way....I would just pull the panel but with the roll bar you can't get it off with the door shut...so how do I / we get it open?
If both handles feel loose, I'd say the striker mech. is just about unlatched. Probably dried grease holding it back. I assume it's cold where you guys are?
Can you roll the window down? Keep squirting WD on the mechanism and push in and out on the door while flipping the handles. Maybe a hair dryer would help or a heat gun down behind the window.
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