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Danz_Corsa

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Registered: 24th Aug 03
Location: Uni in Manc / Home in MK
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6th Feb 04 at 00:07

Just fitted my boot pop - but tailgate getting stuck on safety catch on boot.

so i go to scrappy and I've got a spare boot catch, I wanna file off the safety catch, but my jigsaw is shite and can't drill thru it...

any1 got any ideas? i know the other option is to fit a spring - but i was tryna keep my boot pop all tidy..... and now i have forked out for a new latch - wanna bloody use it

Adam-D

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Registered: 11th May 02
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6th Feb 04 at 00:13

dremel or buy a grinder £15

myke

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6th Feb 04 at 00:19

try unscrewing the rubber bungs to stop the boot slamming a wee bit.
forget if they're in the tailgate or in the shell now, but if you unwind it a turn or two, then it should bounce the boot past the catch while the solenoid is still open.

neiliosxi

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Registered: 17th Dec 02
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6th Feb 04 at 09:11

Angle grinder is the only way, dremels are shite.

Danz_Corsa

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6th Feb 04 at 18:14

gonna buy me an angle grinder - or at least borrow one and take it to the latch

I'll let ya know the results

Martin_C

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Registered: 27th Jun 03
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6th Feb 04 at 18:16

quote:
Originally posted by myke
try unscrewing the rubber bungs to stop the boot slamming a wee bit.
forget if they're in the tailgate or in the shell now, but if you unwind it a turn or two, then it should bounce the boot past the catch while the solenoid is still open.

then your boot wont sit flush...

TOMAS

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7th Feb 04 at 11:59

Surely it will sit flush when closed as he's not moving the metal catch or owt? He's just 'spring-loading' the rubber bungs so it pops open better when the catch is released...

Danz_Corsa

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8th Feb 04 at 22:44

this is silly bothering me,

i've got a new idea - how about using a mini-angle grider to just take the lip off the safety catch?

CRB 553

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Registered: 5th Apr 02
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9th Feb 04 at 00:37