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Maybe. But pulling the turret cover WILL work and you won't waste a bunch of time rooting around in a door that he likely has no knowledge of what it looks like on the interior and buying a slim jim tool is probably an order it online and wait for it. 10 minutes with a socket and the turret...

Probably won't work since the failure is the rod you are looking for with that tool has come loose on one end or the other typically. You might be able to catch the arm of the latch but it's pretty short.

Incidentally - I asked a fellow Motorpool veteran of 25 years and he laughed at me and said in all his time he has NEVER run into that problem...... :poop: I've had my actuator rods pop out on a couple of occasions. I fix them at the earliest opportunity. I carry spare rod clips.

I like where this is going. While you're cutting holes you might as well plasma a hole through the floor pan and just attach an abrasive blast cabinet glove to it so you can reach into the glove and operate the inner door handle without having a drafty hole in your cab.

Works in the movies. Probably would result in more damage to the shooter and the shotgun than the truck or just dented sheet metal and broken glass if you were far enough to avoid injury. Better off with one of those pneumatic captive bolt guns they use on cattle.

Put down the die grinder chief! We don't need to be deconstructing the truck with the sawzall of life. This isn't a maximum security prison! I think some "field expediency" and some "greybeard ingenuity" might get us over this hurdle.

Us greybeards have to stick together. I'll forget something don't you worry. 😅

Remove the turret cap? :shrugs: Probably leaks and could use re-sealing anyway. They typically come off with just your fingers and a pocket knife once the bolts are removed. No longer and option for me with the HIMARS hatch..... probably should come up with an alternative. Raise cab and push...