Locks just broke (1978 5000CS Turbo Quattro)

[E. Smith]

Darn! The locks finally went in my wonderful 1987 5000CS Turbo Quattro.

Since I picked up this car about two months ago I've had trouble with
the driver-side lock. No biggie--I got used to locking the car from
the passenger side.

I could still UNlock the car with the key from the driver side, I just
had to lock it from the passenger side (with the key). No problem.

Until a couple weeks ago, when the driver-side lock fully disengaged.
The key now spins freely (about 180 degrees) and doesn't seem to catch
on anything. I was willing to use the passenger-side door for locking
AND unlocking. No problem.

Until today when the passenger-side outside lock stopped locking the doors.

It wouldn't be a problem except,  when I pushed down the lock on the
driver-side door, it would just come back up. I CANNOT get the
driver-side door to lock at all.

I pulled fuse 19 (locks and mirrors circuit) but I still could not get
the driver-side lock to stay down. I tried and tried to push it down,
but it wouldn't catch.

So the car does not lock.

I don't have much cash to go get the locks fixed. Any tips on what I
can do (the simpler, the better) to get it so I can at least manually
push the driver-side lock down? That's all I need. I can unlock from
the passenger-side door. I just need to be able to lock the
driver-side door somehow.

I need a way to fix the driver-side lock so I can lock it manually
(with the plunger or whatever that stem is called). Any help is
appreciated.

Thanks!

-eiren.

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