lately (since the RRC in moab) my rear trunk lid wouldn't stay locked down anymore.

every once in a while, it would just pop open by itself. and it has gotten worse to the point that i couldn't lock the trunk anymore for the last few days.


so today i went to EASY in emeryville and had john fetch me the best rear trunk lock assembly he could find.

below is a picture that clearly (haha) shows the old pin on the left being rounded to the point of being useless.

the new to me pin from EASY (on the right) still has a nice sharp edge and locks in perfectly!
Andy

Just need to tig up the low spot on the old one, regrind it and sell it on ebay as 'remanufactured to spec' for a $100.00 or so.

all cleaned up and ready to go back into the car ...

Andy

I had a similar experience with my trunk pin, except I found out about it when I was trailering it backwards down the freeway.

Andy, thanks for the heads up....

Now, does anyone make the plastic insert or know of a substitution I can use?

-- Rob

the Horror!

Very nice Andy . John is good people with great prices . Good to here . You sure made it look Thanks 4 the 411 on a chip . (3.2 ) . Peace

That's what Fiid did on his car and it worked.

That may have been your issue but one time my trunk kept popping open. Upon closer inspection I realized it was in fact my trunk monkey tying to escape. Summa ma bitch monkey. BAD MONKEY BAD

Found the monkey. It WAS is my trunck To .Puppy got it now. Peace R

Get ahold of THOMAS.

He made a bunch of repros awhile back. Look and work like the factory ones...

Thanks Alan. Is it thomasotten on this board?

-- Rob

Nope, just THOMAS.

Resident so cal german guy...

Oh, T H O M A S?

Thanks Alan, I sent him an e-mail....

-- Rob

You can braze it up and re-file the notch. Did it on my car and the trunk now works great. Too bad I wrecked the car around the trunk. But it did stay latched.