stuck door-Need a new rear door panel ['84 5kT]

[Lawrence C Leung]

Locked my keys in my 200 once, by accident. The Park Ranger at
Kaaterskill Falls, North/South Lake State Park were able to get me in
with a Slim Jim. Took about a half hour for the Ranger to get in though,
and he was sweating when he finally got in (and it was a cool morning!).
He was able to get the slim jim to begin to catch, but until he finally
got it to catch, it kept slipping off. A half-hour of trying. Fortunately
for free. Hopefully you will have better luck, but I figured you should
know that a Slim Jim does work. 

LL - NY

On Wed, 20 Dec 2000 01:14:09 -0600 (CST) JCS_TX at webtv.net (HOUSTON)
writes:
>Slim Jim won't work on a type 44 that's for sure.  The type 44 lock
>mechanism is out of reach for a slimjim.  
>
>Why not approach it as if you were replacing the lock?  You don't 
>have
>to have the door open to do that.  Just pry off the metal cover and
>fiddle with the 2 connectors that actuate the door lock and opener.
>It's easy to do.  3-5  min. tops.
>