Boot wont open

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » Tue Jun 13, 06 4:25 pm

Hey guys, I cant open the boot

any tips for how I can get it open again?? you put the key in, it turns but thats it...it doesn't seem to be attatched to anything if you see what I mean.

It was great up until now

Kev · Post by **Kev** » Tue Jun 13, 06 8:13 pm

Rear interior out and find a small slim mechanically knowledgable boy (or a person of restricted growth or a vertically challenged one) to crawl in and have a fiddle.

Blue · Post by **Blue** » Tue Jun 13, 06 8:23 pm

And when he's finished doing that see if he can get the boot open

latil · Post by **latil** » Tue Jun 13, 06 8:24 pm

Get an electric boot release like mine

Wot Kev said,it'll be a fiddle

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » Tue Jun 13, 06 10:04 pm

Blue wrote:And when he's finished doing that see if he can get the boot open

Rich · Post by **Rich** » Wed Jun 14, 06 12:22 am

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » Wed Jun 14, 06 10:09 pm

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » Thu Jun 15, 06 1:58 am

bet you wish your boot floor was all rusted out now

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » Thu Jun 15, 06 9:50 am

It'll be the connecting rod from the lock barrel to the latch mechanism - sounds like it has detached itself. A small metal strip about 1/4" wide. I'm not near my motor at the moment, but if you get the seats out and get in there with a selection of angled pliers you should be ok.

If you had a B body, you could invite your mates over for a beer and boot opening party and you could all sit inside the boot taking turns to fix it.......folk could probably sleep over in the boot as well....

Nick

Jon Benn · Post by **Jon Benn** » Mon Jun 26, 06 10:50 am

Is that where your cheque book is Steve? Still waiting for the envelope to arrive!

Have a nice day

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » Tue Jun 27, 06 2:43 pm

Mine is a B body isn't it limeycharger?

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » Wed Jun 28, 06 8:47 am

Its a Coronet isn't it?
If so...Yes

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » Thu Jun 29, 06 1:27 pm

A haaaa!

I writhed around in the rear of the car and slithered into the boot this morning, finding that (quiter right limeycharger

)the rod had come away from the barrel.

So to stop it happening again I've taken the barrel out but can now see the original pin that held the rod to the barrel is missing(disitegrated?

) and the spring clip for it has pretty much decomposed too.

I was going to try a small roll pin or a split pin...unless....maybe someone stocks new'uns??