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How do I open a locked bay door
Ugh! A bay door electrically locked does not unlock when all the others do. Key lock will only turn part way and I don’t want to break it off in the lock. Anyone know how to get that bay door open some other way? It is the battery bay so not critical now but I do need to find a way to fix the issue. Thanks and happy holiday to everyone!
Jerry
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Is there a door next to the battery bay you can open to expose the hinge? If yes might be able to remove hinge. Having a helper to hold the door and / or retrieve tools would be great too.
Had to do this on my chassis battery door a few weeks ago. Of course we could have different style doors
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I have successfully unlocked a door before by hip butting the door right where the hinges are (or in the center of the hinges if you have two) at the exact same time trying to unlock.
Chuck
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Thanks, i will try that.
jerry
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If you can’t open it drill out lock it’s a ford lock should be easy to get, lock smith can key it to match
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That is the next step. I sprayed some Kroil on what I could see of the lock pin and into the lock. We are one day out from our winter home in Yuma, AZ, so will let that giggle for the day before trying the key lock again. If that doesn’t work the the locksmith will get to drill it out. Thanks.
Jerry
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Take 1 of the access panels off on the back of another compartment door and look in there and see what you need to do when you drill out the bad one. When I first bought our bus I had a couple of compartments that were a little sticky to open with electric, So I ended up Lubing all the compartments locking mechanism they all worked after that.
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I had a bunch that were sticky, but none that the key couldn’t open.
If the key won’t turn and it’s completely locked up. On my bus, I’d use a small reciprocating blade to cut the pin that moves side to side. Once the pin is cut, you could open the door and then take the back of the door cover off (wood) and grind, then weld a new pin on (round metal stock).
This is on my Liberty.
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The pin can simply be pushed in. That might require a U shaped piece of metal you can put behind the handle and slide over or using something skinny and sharp to put between the door and the wall to engage the pin and slide it left a tiny bit at a time. Seems like a device stuck in the inside loop of the handle and pushed against the pin would be easy enough to come up with.
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I don’t think you will be able to push it in. It’s completely blocked from the bottom all the away around. The best you could do is go from the right side and try to push in but you’d never be able to bend something around the handle that would then be stiff enough to push it in.
Cutting it would be easiest. Just then take it apart and grind it off, then mig weld new round stock on. Done.
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Cutting was the answer. Milwaukee makes a small M12 cut off tool with a narrow enough abrasive wheel to fit between the door handle and the side of the handle recess in the door skin. Took me two days and a did-not-show locksmith to get the courage to try, then five minutes to do the job. In my cases the electric actuator was frozen so the rod would not move when pushed or pulled. I don’t feel it necessary to lock that one compartment. All the rest work just fine. Thanks for all the suggestions.
Jerry
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