R33 Drivers side door wont lock with key

[blitzer31]

Hi All, 

Strange issue in the R33 I just purchased. 

The drivers side door wont lock or open with the key, can lock from inside when flicking the latch. Did some investigation, removed the door interior trim and found that there is a rod from the key lock just dangling/hanging down not attached to anything. I would think that this rod would attach to the actuator but I can't see anywhere on the actuator this rod would link to. I see other rods link to the actuator using colour coded clips but cant find where this one goes. 

Anyone have suggestions?

Ill post pics this weekend. 

Thanks

[GTSBoy]

Open the other door and look at that one.

[blitzer31]

Hey GTSBoy, 

Thanks for your quick reply mate.

Yeah I did that. Seems to be different from the otherside. Ill check again on the weekend. 

for reference, it's this is the ROD but on mine I can't seem to hook it into the actuator. 

I must be missing something here. 

 

[blitzer31]

Hey Guys,

Thought I would let everyone know I found the issue. The rod going from the door key lock had like a piece attached to it, like one of the rod connectors, this one was yellow. This was just dangaling. Using the above image as a reference, I removed the actuator and found that this yellow attachment actually should be attached directly to the actuator in a special slot. It's kind like a pivot arm.

I think a repair was done to the plastic part of the actuator but failed causing it to just dangle down from the key lock. 

Super glued it all back together and works perfectly. 

Attached are some photos.