On Thu, 11 Nov 1999 23:47:12 -0500 Trefor Delve <tdelve@mathworks.com>
writes:
> OK, I have a 74 1/2 MGB and this is the situation,
>
> Put a bag in the trunk of the car, drove home (about 5 mins), can't
> open
> the damn trunk. Button goes in but lid wont lift.
>
> Anyone have any good suggestions before I break out the high
> explosives
> or cutting gear!
>
> Thanks,
>
> Trefor
>
Relatively easy on a GT -
climb inside the car, put the back seat down -
now take a phillips screwdriver and lying on your stomach remove the
plate over the lock
mechanism on the inside of the rear hatch -
once this is removed, the bet is a pound to a pinch of sh*t that the
screw in the centre of
the lock is loose and the flange that moves with the key to lock and
unlock is floating
loosely in the locked position! - if this is so it is easy to get the
hatch open wherafter
you can reassemble the mechanism.
mike robson
69 roadster
70 BGT
53 Riley
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