Dan,
Thanks, good point, I neglected to mention that I checked the screws and lubed everything.
Dake 
’86 Westy
> On Jul 8, 2015, at 2:58 PM, Dan N <dn92610@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> 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 <mailto: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 <mailto:lalofs@GMAIL.COM>> wrote:
> >
> > So, could you describe the exact cause of the problem?
> >   Thanks
>