3 quick problems

67Dart273 said
Come ON. I'm 69 and have lots of arthritic-like issues. It is not all that much work to remove the seat. Throw together some extensions and a 1/2" socket and tape them all together. Put down a mat, cardboard, "whatever." Lay down, stretch out, and reach back with the "tool" and unscrew the bolts.

This is as opposed to "drilling out the lock" which has a HIGH likelyhood of breaking a bit/ slipping off with the drill/ and then.......dicking up the trunk lid.

I didn't mean the act of taking off the seat, just that it seemed like it was a pain to get the lock cylinder out itself from the inside. Logically though, a new cylinder is between 15 and 25 or rekeying it sounds like 50 bucks with a road side service call, but with this one, the car is a regular driver so I could go to a locksmith and probably get it for almost the same price as a new cylinder and not having to lay on my back sliding through the trunk, that seems like the smarter play though to be honest.

At some point I'm going to be retrofitting the back seats with shoulder belts and safety clips, just on the off chance our primary car is down and I have to put the booster seat in to pick up the little one, so it's good to know how to get that seat out. I'll actually do that (pull the seats) just to see how it's done anyway.

Anyone have any ideas on aligning the driver side door? I couldn't find any solid videos on YouTube about that so I thought I'd ask here.