[DeTomaso] Help with Rear Trunk!!!

[Mike Drew]

Don,

You are in Houston, aren’t you? The club had a huge tech session and party yesterday and there are loads of people there who would have loved to help?

I would suggest unbolting the hinges from the roof and then pushing the decklid straight forward which should then allow the latch to clear. Be careful it doesn’t then spring open because of the powerful and effective shocks you have fitted. 

Good luck!

Mike

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> On Apr 13, 2019, at 16:40, Don Franck <panteradon at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>   Wow Rob you are good.A  We have a camera and have worked on it about an
>   hour and a half.A  We do not have the first nut off. A  I do have an
>   after maerket AC condenser and fan to it is really in the way. A A
> 
>   I need longer arms!
> 
>   Don
>   On Saturday, April 13, 2019, Rob DuMoulin <[1]rob at dumoulins.net> wrote:
> 
>   Happened to me as well once. Even with my AC condenser in the way, I
>   was able to snake my hand up past it and loosen the two bolts holding
>   the latch on enough to give it slack so the trunk would open.A  Knuckle
>   buster for sure.A  I thought it would be much easier if I had a small
>   remote camera but it probably took about 20 minutes to do.
>   Rob DuMoulin
>   904.476.8744
>   [2]rob at dumoulins.net
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>   On Fri, Apr 12, 2019 at 4:41 PM Don Franck <[5]panteradon at gmail.com>
>   wrote:
> 
>     A  A I am in trouble. AA  A
>     A  A I was adjusting the latch on the rear trunk and the trunk
>     latched and
>     A  A will not release.
>     A  A After a couple hours of trying, i thought i would loosen the
>     trunk so i
>     A  A could slide it forward and release the latch.AA  Well the
>     shocks then
>     A  A pushed the trunk towards the rear of the car rendering the
>     problem
>     A  A worse.
>     A  A So..... AA  do i remove the trunk bolts to try and make it
>     release
>     A  A hoping the shocks do not shoot the trunk lid backward to the
>     next
>     A  A county?
>     A  A Ps. I have the trunk shocks that mount front to back so the
>     preasure is
>     A  A pushing to the rear of the car instead of up like the stock
>     shocks
>     A  A I have no trunk insert.
>     A  A Any and all suggestions appreciated
>     A  A --
>     A  A Don
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