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Boot wont open
Posted: Tue Jun 13, 06 4:25 pm
by Anonymous
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
Posted: Tue Jun 13, 06 8:13 pm
by Kev
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.
Posted: Tue Jun 13, 06 8:23 pm
by Blue
And when he's finished doing that see if he can get the boot open
Posted: Tue Jun 13, 06 8:24 pm
by latil
Get an electric boot release like mine
Wot Kev said,it'll be a fiddle
Posted: Tue Jun 13, 06 10:04 pm
by Anonymous
Posted: Wed Jun 14, 06 12:22 am
by Rich
Posted: Wed Jun 14, 06 10:09 pm
by Anonymous
Posted: Thu Jun 15, 06 1:58 am
by Anonymous
bet you wish your boot floor was all rusted out now
Posted: Thu Jun 15, 06 9:50 am
by Anonymous
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
Posted: Mon Jun 26, 06 10:50 am
by Jon Benn
Is that where your cheque book is Steve? Still waiting for the envelope to arrive!
Have a nice day
Posted: Tue Jun 27, 06 2:43 pm
by Anonymous
Mine is a B body isn't it limeycharger?
Posted: Wed Jun 28, 06 8:47 am
by Anonymous
Its a Coronet isn't it?
If so...Yes
Posted: Thu Jun 29, 06 1:27 pm
by Anonymous
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??
