Hi, probably a stupid question but, trying to remove passenger side door panel. It's still holding tight on upper half, is there 2 screws under grab strap? And what do you remove to access them, didn't want to break the handle covers. Next question, is the someone that rebuilds the door lock actuators? Thanks in advance

 

STRONGLY suggest you get a Genuine GM service manual set for your vehicle. Chiltons/Clymer/etc. aftermarket manuals make fantastic emergency toilet paper in a convenient under-the-seat storage format.

Anything is possible. MAYBE you have failed door-lock actuators. It's FAR more likely that you have broken wires in the door-hinge area, so the actuators aren't getting appropriate power/ground to make them work Switches are suspect, too. And of course, the FIRST thing you check is whichever fuse supplies power to the actuators.

Broken wires in the door-hinge area is as common as dirt. Maybe the number-one cause of non-functional power windows, power door locks, maybe power outside mirrors. I've found that there's no repairing the wires--the insulation is hard, the copper conductors work-harden and become brittle from years of flexing. The wire in the hinge area needs to be cut out and replaced with fresh wire. This may involve cutting out feet of wire on either side of the hinge area to get back to "good" non-corroded wire that still has flexible insulation.

I don't have decent photos of my '66 Toronado hinge-area wiring. The original copper conductor was green, the insulation was rock-hard...and the fresh wire I replaced the original stuff with was apparently tasty to the vermin that chewed all that tender insulation right back off within a few months of the repair.