Dake,

I would recommend you to take out the panel or at least the left part of it
and check all the screws, lube everything with lithium grease

there's may be a screw that was loose in there - something out of
alignment, check that to.o..

it could happen again... I worked on the power door lock once when I put it
together it was like your situation... there a cam in there and it doesn't
reach the locking mechanism to open the door...

On Wed, Jul 8, 2015 at 11:38 AM, Dake Collins <wuwe423@yahoo.com> wrote:

> Larry,
> I loosened the back upper corner of the door panel and with some effort
> and minimal loss of blood due to scraping my hand I was able to reach into
> the door cavity and easily push the locking pin up from the back of the
> door lock. I could see no cause for this failure to happen. Before I put
> the panel back I tried both the key and plunger several times without
> incident. For good measure I drove 4 miles to town and back on my bumpy
> gravel road; everything still works so I put the panel back. Keeping my
> fingers crossed. I hope this answers your question.
> Dake
> ’86 Westy
> > On Jul 8, 2015, at 1:15 PM, Larry Alofs <lalofs@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
> >
> > So, could you describe the exact cause of the problem?
> >   Thanks
>