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That is correct.

The brake booster totally fixed it. Doesn’t stop like squishy death anymore. Thanks dudes.

I agree that taking the door panel off is probably the best way. I did the lock swap because mine were worn. I could lock but not unlock. Now it's the opposite, I just have to hold the handle up when locking. Kind of a pain but it works. My weapon of choice for door panels is this $5 beauty from Autozone. I found the perfect 77' door panel clips on Amazon https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0040CTVAE/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s01?ie=UTF8&psc=1 These are reusable like the origianals.

Knock, knock...

I had a similar problem on my sat-for-a-long-time 76. I used to turn the key and hold pressure until it moved. Sometimes I gave up. One of my keys is still twisted. Doesn't sound like a key problem since the once the cylinder moves the tumblers are already fit to the key. One clue to me that it was a sliding surface problem inside the door poarts, helped by lube, was that it was worse when it was cold. I think that I adjusted the length of one of the rods also, the threaded plastic piece. Don't know how it got out of adjustment but moving it helped. Can't get to anything without removing the panel, unless you take out the striker plate, I think. Even the door handle and lock cylinder are attached from the inside. Then you can just hose lube in and hope you hit something. You could probably just take one screw out and bend a WD-40 tube. And hope. I spent a lot of time inside my doors but eventually got them working right.

This tool might work, however it applies pressure on the panel at a very narrow point, a putty knife is over 1 inch wide and distributes the force at a much wider span minimising the (chances of a) tear of the cardboard backing.

This is a good place to point out all the support and help I have received from this forum and the great people on it. I hope in posting all my pics in this thread that someone else receives help and guidance in their build. Cheers everyone!

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