Since I have the exterior "Hand Levers" off of both front doors.....I sprayed the locking mechanism with "PB Blaster"....the upper portion that can be hit after you remove the lockset......and now both front doors can be operated from the outside.....

I have the drivers locking mechanism from the parts car on my work table.....I can not see anything that would hang up due to lack of lube.....but there must be something in there that does......

Will spray it down with graphited "Lock Ease", before I reassemble.....

Thanx to all who replied here, you folks on this forum are great......

SB

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