[Healeys] BJ-8 Trunk Latch

[pennell at cox.net]

Kathy,

Not quite sure what you mean that the latch just turns.  But as for removing the latch I don't have any idea how it can be done from the outside.  It sounds like you will have to take some more severe measures.

One choice is to drive the pins out of the hinges.  This would need be done with care so as not to damage paint and do minimal harm to the hinges.

Second would be to drill out the lock on the latch itself.  That should free up the handle to turn the latch inside.

BTW  I do have hinges and latch if you need them.

Keith Pennell
---- Martin's <martin_93555 at yahoo.com> wrote: 
> The trunk latch on my BJ-8 is unlocked and just spins so that it can't be opened. Up till now it worked fine so something inside must have broken.  Has anyone else encountered this problem?  I want to know how we can either remove the latch or the trunk lid.
> Thanks, Kathy