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Posted by: mepstein Mar 2 2012, 11:26 AM

I pulled off the bumper. what's next? thanks, mark

Posted by: vsg914 Mar 2 2012, 11:31 AM

screwdriver in the hole in the middle just below the trunk lid.

Posted by: r_towle Mar 2 2012, 11:34 AM

when you stick the screw driver in the hole, you are just hooking onto the end of the cable.
the cable comes from the drivers side and gets pulled towards the drivers side.
Use the screw driver as a lever to move the latch as if you were pulling the cable...

its very slight.....not alot of movement
Push down on the lid while you do it to relieve the pressure.

Rich

Posted by: rdauenhauer Mar 2 2012, 11:44 AM

The hole is under a small rubber plug center top on the front panel. Sometimes it is painted over & less than obvious.

Posted by: mepstein Mar 2 2012, 12:06 PM

QUOTE(rdauenhauer @ Mar 2 2012, 12:44 PM)

The hole is under a small rubber plug center top on the front panel. Sometimes it is painted over & less than obvious.

Exactly what happened!

Posted by: mepstein Mar 2 2012, 12:10 PM

QUOTE(r_towle @ Mar 2 2012, 12:34 PM)

when you stick the screw driver in the hole, you are just hooking onto the end of the cable.
the cable comes from the drivers side and gets pulled towards the drivers side.
Use the screw driver as a lever to move the latch as if you were pulling the cable...

its very slight.....not alot of movement
Push down on the lid while you do it to relieve the pressure.

Rich

I have a spare latch so once I knew where to look for the hole (under the paint covered plug) it was easy. Now I will lube and adjust everything. Thanks everyone!

Also discovered one bolt missing out of 4 on the bumper and no dog bone rubber spacers.

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