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right around 2 years ago, i locked myself out of my car. busted the lock mechanism shit on the drivers side trying to get in with a slim jim. basically whatever i did fucked the outside handle up -- so you cant get in through the drivers side unless you reach in the window and open it from the inside

normally when i'm at home, i just leave the drivers window cracked a bit so i dont have to crawl through the passenger side. but after getting it rained in a few times, i would leave the passenger side unlocked so i could just open it and reach through and open my door

but now im in the habit of leaving it unlocked, and ive had 2 CD players stolen. so i need to fix the handle on the drivers side. i took the door apart and it doesnt look too hard. just need the parts. where can i get that shit for cheap?

4/17/2006 11:23:04 PM

also a funny story to go along with it. i left that slim jim on my backseat after i used it to get in my car... and got pulled the next night. cop saw it sitting there and was not pleased to see it there.

anyways help me fix my whip yo

4/17/2006 11:26:39 PM

can't your key unlock the passenger's door?

4/17/2006 11:31:01 PM

dude you can pick one of dem shits up in a junk yard easy. simple to put in too.

dont know of any around here, googled it once and the closest was like 30 miles or some bullshit. plenty back home though...PM me in a week or two if you dont find one and i can get one from a buddy that has a junkyard (dad owned a bodyshop) and pick it up for ya next time im home

[Edited on April 17, 2006 at 11:35 PM. Reason : im all good samaratan and shit...]

4/17/2006 11:33:44 PM

its probably not broken, just the metal bar is out of place from the slim jim hitting it.

you would need to take the door panel off and if the bar is out of place, all you gotta do is slap it back in.

Quote :

"can't your key unlock the passenger's door?"

dont those sentras only have a door lock on the drivers side?

[Edited on April 17, 2006 at 11:34 PM. Reason : ]

4/17/2006 11:34:19 PM

^ its probably an easy fix, like just clipping the rod back into the handle

4/18/2006 12:57:59 PM

Quote :

"you would need to take the door panel off and if the bar is out of place, all you gotta do is slap it back in."

This is insanely easy to do on a sentra, too.

Just a few screws, and that clip holding the window roller in.

There's a bunch of thin wire bars in there and if one of them gets bent (this happened to me in the exact same way it happened to you) the door won't unlock properly.

Should take about ten minutes.

4/18/2006 2:48:05 PM

no, ive taken the panel off... and yeah its easy

but there are parts missing. i figured it would be down in the door somewhere, but its missing

Quote :

"can't your key unlock the passenger's door?"

yes, but i dont want to do that every time i want to get in my car.

4/18/2006 11:47:44 PM

call up cityautosalvage, they in durham off of highway 70

8349242

ask and see how much an interior door handle assembly would cost

take a pic of the area and lets see whats missing or what is out of place

4/18/2006 11:53:09 PM

word, i gotta get out of here and run a couple errands now

but ill try to get that done before dark

thx

4/19/2006 3:57:11 PM

ok i just took some pics. stay tuned PLEASE

4/19/2006 8:18:23 PM

god damn, i cant get them off the good camera

so i just went out in the dark with my maglite and my cell phone camera

4/19/2006 8:45:17 PM

c'mon man, i've been anxiously awaiting pics

4/19/2006 9:06:16 PM

hahah sorry

coming right up

4/19/2006 9:15:20 PM

THE HANDLE


THING THAT MOVES WHEN YOU PULL THE HANDLE


THING I STICK MY KEY IN (LOCK???!1)


BEST (CLOSEST) SHOT I COULD GET OF THE THING I STICK MY KEY IN (LOCK???!1)

so what do you guys think, are those pictures of the right things and good enough?

4/19/2006 9:28:32 PM

so what do i need?

and could i just take the one out of my passenger door?

4/19/2006 10:34:31 PM

http://raleigh.craigslist.org/car/152812731.html

4/20/2006 11:43:17 AM

oh fuck dude thats awesome

parts for life!

but where would i park it? hahaha

4/20/2006 12:08:40 PM

so does the drivers side lock work from the outside? can you lock and unlock the door?

is the problem the outside handle only?

checkout behind the door handle and see if anything is out of place. i cant really tell from those pics.

maybe match all those rods and assemblys with the pass. side door, those rods are suppose to be bent in different places, but who knows where.

4/20/2006 12:17:04 PM

i dont think the lock works from the outside

im not sure cause the HANDLE doesnt work from the outside. i can only open it from the inside

thats kinda what ive been saying, i lost all the parts inside the door. all the little bars and shit.

4/20/2006 1:51:16 PM

in the 2nd pic, that rod that is going towards the bottom of the door (has the green connector on it) find out what it goes to.

check your pass. door to see which rods you are missing.

4/20/2006 2:01:50 PM

im missing the thing that makes the outside handle work when you pull it

and i also think i am missing the thing that hooks to the inside of the lock

4/21/2006 2:03:24 AM

werd.

now if you can find the name of those parts. or at least find a way to tell a junkyard that, they can probably just hook you up for free if they are just little bars and shit

4/21/2006 2:17:08 AM

What really sucks is that I had a driver's side door for a '94 Sentra sitting in my garage for a couple of months...until I took it to the dump.

4/21/2006 2:49:08 AM

ill give you something to take to the dump...


yeah.

4/21/2006 3:04:59 AM

I'll bet you would. FAGGOT. Yeah, I said it.

4/21/2006 11:24:47 AM

give it to me daddy

4/21/2006 11:27:07 AM

OH YEAH. LEMME SLAP IT

4/21/2006 12:02:45 PM

im just gonna take the passenger side door apart tomorrow (weather permitting) and replace the guts of the driver door with those guts

then if i ever sell the car i just wont tell the poor bastard who buys it

4/23/2006 2:20:27 AM