Locked out

[GetMeMyStogie]

I was doing some work on the old girl tonight, and I ended up locking myself out.
The battery is disconnected and the hood is shut tight.
The doors are all locked.
The drivers door lock is super stiff, and the key does not turn counterclockwise in the door cylinder (lubing the door lock mechanism is one of the items I'm planning to do). It turns clockwise just fine. The power door works fine, when the battery is connected.
I have the keys and can unlock the trunk no problem. I also have a jack and tools.

How can I get inside the car?

I'm thinking to try:

1. Spraying lube into the door lock cylinder and down beneath the window felt until the mechanism is freed up.
2. Find a batt+ wire somewhere in the trunk, and boost the car from there - it only needs to draw enough current to unlock the power door locks.
3. Make a slim jim and try to open the door the old fashioned way - I've never done it before and have no actual idea how.

Any help anyone offers is most appreciated.

[justbob]

Can you reach up from under the battery to reconnect?


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[offroadkarter]

I have never tried this but I have read in the past, if you pull the license plate light and apply 12v to the wires, you should be able to feed enough power into the car to get the RKE working again.

https://www.m5board.com/threads/dead-battery-how-to-unlock.577346/

[03Merc]

You can apply a power jump box to the starter.


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[GetMeMyStogie]

Thanks for the replies, gentlemen.

I was able to hotwire the electrical system through the connector to the subwoofer amplifier of all things.

C466 is a 6 pin connector that connects to a short pigtail which connects to the amplifier. Pin 6 is connected to always hot through a 25 amp fuse. I pulled the plug, removed the red pin locker and then pulled pin 6 (red/yellow wire on the car side, two solid yellow wires on the amplifier side). I pushed the lone pin back into the car-side harness, and used an alligator jumper to connect that pin to a red clamp of a jumper cable, connected the black one to some trunk sheet metal, and the other end to a 2nd battery (in another car). Wiggled the connections a bit while repeatedly pressing the unlock button on the remote until... thwip!

[Peace2Peep]

That was FASCINATING fix discoveries! Thanks for sharing folks!

[BAD MERC]

I'm a locksmith so telling you to wedge the rear door weatherstripping and slide a Z tool onto the horizontal lock rod towards the front of the car until the bellcrank lifts the lock button is probably too sophisticated.

[MyBlackBeasts]

I'm a locksmith so telling you to wedge the rear door weatherstripping and slide a Z tool onto the horizontal lock rod towards the front of the car until the bellcrank lifts the lock button is probably too sophisticated.

Nope, done it a million times...