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Title: urgent... boot lid wont stay closed! Post by invernessguy on Jan 24th, 2006, 6:31pm hi, i cant get my bootlid to stay closed, it opened alright, and when i press the key, it makes whirring noises, the metal bit oft the lock i can see moves up and down, but doesnt catch. any ideas? Is it terminal, or can i strip it down and repair it? donnie |
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Title: Re: urgent... boot lid wont stay closed! Post by scorpio_man on Jan 24th, 2006, 6:49pm hi donnie can you give us some more info. when you close it, does it then whir (unlock)? |
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Title: Re: urgent... boot lid wont stay closed! Post by invernessguy on Jan 24th, 2006, 6:56pm no, it doesnt seem to be catxhing, when i try to close it, but pressing unlock on the keyfob will give me a whirr |
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Title: Re: urgent... boot lid wont stay closed! Post by scorpio_man on Jan 24th, 2006, 7:14pm hi there can you flick the catch? when mine started playing up, it was the micro switch. kept unlocking. yours sounds jammed, maybe. :-/ |
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Title: Re: urgent... boot lid wont stay closed! Post by invernessguy on Jan 24th, 2006, 7:16pm i can move it but i expected it to stay closed when i did, this isnt happenning, its just opening again. is it worth my while stripping it down? or will i need to replace it? |
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Title: Re: urgent... boot lid wont stay closed! Post by invernessguy on Jan 24th, 2006, 7:21pm just been back out to the car, i had soaked the lock with wd40 before i came online, seems to have done the trick..... need to investigate further when i have time >:( Im off out to work again! donnie |
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Title: Re: urgent... boot lid wont stay closed! Post by scorpio_man on Jan 24th, 2006, 7:21pm hi there won't do any harm. http://www.fordscorpio.co.uk/closuresmanl.htm hth might be the connecting rods. :-/ |
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