No cutting or butchering required in any case I've seen, RB. There's a latch in there "somewhere" and all you need is a good enough idea of where it is and which way to push/pull on it.

The only real problem is that once you've done it once, you''ll know how to make a better tool (regardless of what one you used) and you'll put it in some handy place where you can be absolutely certain that the next time you need it you either won't be able to find it or you won't remember which side up it goes when you try to use it again.

(Fact of life in the garage.)

John