Rear Door Stuck Locked

[Sailing Deli]

I went to open the rear door tonight and it wont open. Its probably been 2 months since it last opened and worked fine then. I have the panel off and everything seems to work (all the rods go up and down). Any Ideas? Should I douse it with WD40 and wait? anybody have pics of what the latch looks like?

[thelazybrownfox]

Kerry
The rear latch can't be viewed with a camera cuz of the way the hatch is constructed. It's darn hard to get a look in there. i dropped a nut into the latch and couldn't open the rear door. Eventually I pullled the nut out with a magnet but the epoxy used to bond your rear door sections could have fallen into the latch. Probe, prode and poke around as much as you can. Try lowering a magnet onto the latch and see what comes out.

Good luck
Wayne

[Sailing Deli]

I happened to be going to Nanaimo today so I swung by Coombs. Glens mechanic hit it a few times with alot more force than I did and it opened . He then sprayed it down with some lube and its all good now.

[Dawg]

I had that a couple of years ago. I zapped the mechanism with WD40, then a generous helping of Liquid wrench. No worries after that.

[oldyellow84]

Hi guys this is my first post on your site i am a member of Delica club Australia i own a early model l300 1984 4wd just last week i had to lube the rear tailgate as it was getting harder to open about every 18 months i have to lube it my van has seen some of the outback as there is red dust in the tailgate locks/catches Pajero's have the same problem in this country as mitsubishi has introduce a dust kit to stop dust from entry