 Rear Trunk Lid Latch, It wouldn't stay closed |
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| John |
 Jun 21 2011, 09:41 PM
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My rear trunk lid latch has been getting worse for years and I decided to do something about it.
I took out the plunger and it was worn down.  |
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| John |
Jun 21 2011, 09:43 PM
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member? what's a member? Group: Members Posts: 3,393 Joined: 30-January 04 From: Evansville, IN (SIRPCA) Member No.: 1,615 Region Association: None |
I welded it up and ground it down then re-plated and yellow chromated it.
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| John |
Jun 21 2011, 09:45 PM
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member? what's a member? Group: Members Posts: 3,393 Joined: 30-January 04 From: Evansville, IN (SIRPCA) Member No.: 1,615 Region Association: None |
Then I re-assembled.
 Now it works as if it was new. |
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| partwerks |
Jun 21 2011, 10:19 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,593 Joined: 7-September 06 From: Grand Island, NE Member No.: 6,787 |
After several adjustments with the plunger, I finally took the spring and bushing out and now it sits down like it should. I also made a manual release in case the solenoid takes a dump.
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| John |
Jun 21 2011, 10:32 PM
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member? what's a member? Group: Members Posts: 3,393 Joined: 30-January 04 From: Evansville, IN (SIRPCA) Member No.: 1,615 Region Association: None |
My problem was it wouldn't stay shut.
I do love the Castwell plating stuff. I bought it years ago and am only now figuring out the secrets to make nice zinc plating (and more importantly the yellow chromate). |
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| Tom_T |
Jun 22 2011, 10:00 AM
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TMI.... Group: Members Posts: 8,318 Joined: 19-March 09 From: Orange, CA Member No.: 10,181 Region Association: Southern California 
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John, the OE was Yellow Cadmium plating, but it looks very close to what you have done. Nice job! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/drooley.gif)
BTW - Mark W. at Mikey914/914Rubber.com (member vendor on here) sells white Delron seats (in black too) if your OEM nylon one breaks, which looks about the same color-wise, but will last longer. Ditto for the rear trunk rollers in Delron. |
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| John |
Jun 22 2011, 10:12 PM
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member? what's a member? Group: Members Posts: 3,393 Joined: 30-January 04 From: Evansville, IN (SIRPCA) Member No.: 1,615 Region Association: None |
QUOTE(Tom_T @ Jun 22 2011, 08:00 AM)  John, the OE was Yellow Cadmium plating, but it looks very close to what you have done. Nice job! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/drooley.gif) Zinc plating with yellow chromate is as close as I'm ever going to get to original. Ever try Cadmium plating? Most of the time it comes out dark and dull. The bright zinc with yellow chromate comes out close as I can get. It gets the nice hues of greens and blues as well. The yellow chromate helps the zinc hold up better as well as makes it look as it once did. I plate in buckets. |
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