Alright, I gave up on this 5 months ago; now have come back to it, still no luck. I came across some post here that mentioned using the non-standard dinglebolt combined w\ Rooter's head in order to open the panel at the top of the elevator. (I cannot seem to re-locate that post, but I know I've read it). Nonetheless, cannot for the life of me get out nomatter where nor how many times I click.

(I'm also abiding by the recommendations for selected game resolution)

Somebody throw me a bone?

First you need to deactivate him so he's just a motionless toolbox. You can figure out the next STEP.

That's actually the idea I had; was trying to do so via the hand icon though. In my humble opinion, the Walk icon being necessary is misleading. Goes against the precedent set by every previous SQ game.

Thanks for the tip!