I may have had the same thing happen which was it was not broken but the
"tripper" cog got flipped. Had to crawl through the trunk to unlatch it
and then it was fine.
72 Pantera-65 Tiger-96 Thunderbird 4.6
On Tue, 23 Jun 1998 12:03:03 +0400 Colin Cobb <cobmeister@zianet.com>
writes:
>Hey Gang,
>
>Took the Tiger to the grocery store a couple of days ago and, much to
>my dismay, when I attempted to open the trunk (boot) the damned push
>button thing gave up the ghost... Just depressed all the way without
>engaging. I have spent considerable time messing with it and no way
>can I get it open. Button just depresses without result.
>
>If I ever get it open I can figure it out and replace the locking
>mechanism with one from Sunbeam Specialties.
>
>Anybody had this problem before? What is the recommended low tech
>solution to this decidedly low tech problem?
>
>(Other than that, the Tiger did just fine, ran like a scalded dog.
>Fortunately, there was more than enough room behind the seat for my
>groceries... The crowd of onlookers--Jeez! It sure does attract
>'em!--never even realized I had a problem.)
>
>Cheers!
>
>--Colin Cobb, Fiddlin' With His Trunk Outside Las Cruces, NM, USA
>B9471815
>
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