There is talk of putting a long stiff wire through a reverse light hole,
fishing around till you hook on the right part of the catch (is that why it
is called a catch?), then pulling. If it is just slightly misaligned rather
than come well unscrewed pushing in hard on the panel below the lid whilst
pushing the button in and pulling up on the lid can sometimes open it.
Other methods are twisting the lock handle to one side or the other which
should reveal and small area of lid that is normally covered by the bottom
of the lock, drilling a small hole through the panel within that normally
covered area, and pushing a wire probe through. More destructive methods
involve drilling a larger hole through the lock barrel itself, or cutting a
large hole through the rear firewall and putting an arm and screwdriver or
whatever through. But I think any method will need another car with an
opening lid to hand, so as to see exactly what you are trying to hook, push
or lever.
PaulH.
----- Original Message -----
From: <wcam46@netzero.net>
To: <leylandauto@yahoo.com>
Cc: <Jethogger@aol.com>; <mgs@autox.team.net>
Sent: Sunday, December 21, 2003 11:53 PM
Subject: Boot Lock
> Boy, it sure does lock, only problem is it doesn't unlock! Snow is
forcast, and I have no spare, no top.
> Does anybody know of a non-destructive method of dealing with this
problem? A friend once mentioned going in through the tail light or
something, but I wasn't having the problem then, so I didn't take notes....
I can sacrifice the lock, because I should have a spare. HELP!!!
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