So, could you describe the exact cause of the problem?
  Thanks

On Wed, Jul 8, 2015 at 9:19 AM, Dake Collins <wuwe423@yahoo.com> wrote:

> Jeff and Roy, Dan & Kim,
> Thanks to your help I was able to unlock my door; Jeff’s pictures were
> most helpful. Now, to figure out how to stop this from happening again.
> Once again this community and list proves how indispensable it is to me.
> Dake
> > On Jul 7, 2015, at 5:09 PM, Dake Collins <wuwe423@yahoo.com> wrote:
> >
> > Jeff,
> > The inside lever on the door moves freely but doesn’t effect anything.
> I’ve been able to pull the inside panel away from the door far enough to
> reach my boney fingers in far enough to reach the end of the lock plunger
> and it’s stuck solid. I took the plastic tip off the plunger, threaded a
> nut on it and pulled with a pair of pliers to the point where I knew if I
> pulled any harder I’d bend or break something so I stopped. I’ve run out of
> ideas; perhaps my next option is a locksmith.
> > Thanks to all for the ideas, I’m open to me suggestions.
> > thanks,
> > Dake
> > ’86 Westy
> >> On Jul 7, 2015, at 4:14 PM, Jeff Schwaia <vw.doka@gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> Hey Dake,
> >>
> >> Is the lever on the door handle itself stuck in the pulled back
> position?  If so, that will stop the lock mechanism from operating.  You
> need to use a small screwdriver to pull the lever back out, then the lock
> should operate.
> >>
> >> I just had one here that had that problem.
> >>
> >> Cheers,
> >>
> >> Jeff
> >>
> >>
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On
> Behalf Of Dan N
> >> Sent: Tuesday, July 07, 2015 12:23 PM
> >> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> >> Subject: Re: front door lock stuck
> >>
> >> as it now you have... from the inside remove the upper left corner of
> the panel enoguh to get your in it then pull the the plunger rod up...
> >>
> >> or slim-jim it but I don't know how to do it...
> >>
> >> On Tue, Jul 7, 2015 at 12:15 PM, KIM BRENNAN <kimbrennan@mac.com>
> wrote:
> >>
> >>> If the plunger won t budge you ve got a problem. The normal issue is
> >>> that the lock gets dirty. This can be resolved by removing the outside
> >>> handle, but this will require the door to be open as you need to
> >>> remove a couple of screws that are hidden by the rubber door gasket.
> >>>
> >>> Then you can disassemble the door lock mech and clean, just be very
> >>> careful if you remove the brass inserts, and make a note which slots
> >>> they go in.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>> On Jul 7, 2015, at 2:55 PM, Dake Collins <wuwe423@YAHOO.COM> wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>> My drivers side door ( 86 Westy) is locked; the key won t turn the
> >>> tumbler and the plunger won t budge. Any ideas on how to resolve this
> >>> problem?
> >>>> thanks.
> >>>
> >>
> >
>