Drivers door only opens from the inside

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Anyone had this fault before? The door will not open from the outside and is also difficult to open from the inside, you have to really yank the inside handle. I thought maybe the rods have stretched so perhaps if I bent them a bit it might work but don't want to risk breaking it altogether:eek:
 
It's a D1 but I don't think it is the spring issue, I have the spring problem on the passenger side and have ordered a spring on Ebay for that one, the drivers door doesnt open even if you pull up the door pin.
 
Tried lubrication already. If I keep the door open but manually move the catch to the closed position the outside handle still doesnt operate the lock, it feels as though the rods/mechanism is not moving far enough even though the handle is on its end stop, in fact the handle is cracked, I guess from the previous owner tring to force it. I dont really understand how the rods work and cannot see enough of the inside to work it out, I have not been brave enough to take the lock especially as I don't really know what I am lookig for. I was hoping maybe it was a common problem and someone had solved it before like the spring issue.
 
The rods have a thread on them to adjust length. It is possible that the previous owner mucked things up when trying to fix a related problem. You are going to have to bite the bullet when you do the spring on the other door, so look at the mechanism when you remove that one.
 
All fixed now thanks, I removed the handle mechanism and made some adjustments (bent part of it) now working ok.
 
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