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| Morph914 |
 Nov 20 2021, 02:16 PM
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Member  Group: Members Posts: 435 Joined: 22-August 16 From: St Augustine, FL Member No.: 20,326 Region Association: South East States 
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As I near the end of my restoration, I was just refitting the rear trunk lid back on the car. The fit seemed to be good, and as I brought it down it latched. When I tried to open it nothing happened. I figured it was in the locked position, but after turning the lock to the opposite position, it still would not open. I must have reversed the plunger or opening pin when I had it apart to clean. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/headbang.gif)
Any ideas on how to get it opened would be appreciated. Before I get the Dremel or drill out to do surgery, I’m hoping someone has a less invasive solution. Thanks in advance, John   |
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| Shivers |
Nov 20 2021, 02:51 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2,411 Joined: 19-October 20 From: La Quinta, CA Member No.: 24,781 Region Association: Southern California |
Hi. I went out and looked. I can only see one way that no metal gets bent, that I would try. From the engine compartment, pop out the cup the front top latch goes into in the trunk. Get every ratchet extension you own and, one at a time send in a 10mm socket and as many extensions as it takes to un-bolt the tail light. I was able to put my arm through the tail light opening in the body and reach the two bolts that hold in the locking mechanism. Worth a try.
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Morph914 Rear trunk lock Nov 20 2021, 02:16 PM
914Sixer Your going to have to go in the the engine compart... Nov 20 2021, 02:18 PM
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Your going to have to go in the the engine compar... Nov 20 2021, 02:46 PM potomacmidget I feel for you....I did the exact same thing last ... Nov 20 2021, 03:03 PM emerygt350 Well it's shot now. If you want I can come bu... Nov 20 2021, 04:00 PM jagalyn Nice looking car. Nov 20 2021, 04:44 PM SirAndy Do a search here, the easiest way to do this is:
... Nov 20 2021, 05:11 PM bdstone914
Do a search here, the easiest way to do this is:
... Nov 20 2021, 07:50 PM Morph914
[quote name='SirAndy' post='2961272' date='Nov 20... Nov 20 2021, 08:57 PM Morph914 Thank you all for your comments, remarks, complime... Nov 20 2021, 05:12 PM partwerks Last time I had a issue like that, my lid didn... Nov 20 2021, 05:35 PM rhodyguy Put some duct tape on the extension connections. Nov 21 2021, 07:25 AM rgalla9146 The more extensions you use the more difficut it b... Nov 21 2021, 06:27 PM |
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