Stopped by the locksmith this morning. The old man wasn't there, but what the other two locksmiths said made sense because of what DRENO said.
The biggest problem seems to be the fastener that holds the lever (pawl) to the lock. As you can see in the picture, it's held on with a rivet type of connection. It would have to be ground off and "something would have to be made" to hold the pawl on the lock.I don't understand this part, because everything I see on the housing is symmetrical, left to right. Is this on the inside?
I would have learned a lot more if the old man was there, but for now I'm just going to accept that they can't be swapped and put the lock and door panel back on. Going back to jiggling the key. :(
It's too bad MoPar didn't use one lock with a swappable pawl - it would have been simpler and cheaper. :dontknow:
Oh well, on to the next little project...
