- 1. Felons wanted (at least their advice) (score: 1)
- Author: Trefor Delve <tdelve@mathworks.com>
- Date: Thu, 11 Nov 1999 23:47:12 -0500
- OK, I have a 74 1/2 MGB and this is the situation, Put a bag in the trunk of the car, drove home (about 5 mins), can't open the damn trunk. Button goes in but lid wont lift. Anyone have any good sugg
- /html/mgs/1999-11/msg00582.html (7,638 bytes)
- 2. Re: Felons wanted (at least their advice) (score: 1)
- Author: Tab Julius <tab@penworks.com>
- Date: Thu, 11 Nov 1999 23:56:05
- Try turning the car upside down and shake.
- /html/mgs/1999-11/msg00583.html (7,905 bytes)
- 3. Re: Felons wanted (at least their advice) (score: 1)
- Author: James Nazarian Jr <James.Nazarian@Colorado.EDU>
- Date: Thu, 11 Nov 1999 22:27:17 -0700 (MST)
- Try removing a reverse light and fishing the latch open with a coathanger or grenade. James Nazarian '71 B roadster '71 BGT rust free and burnt orange '74 BGT going by-by soon '63 Buick 215
- /html/mgs/1999-11/msg00586.html (8,132 bytes)
- 4. Re: Felons wanted (at least their advice) (score: 1)
- Author: Bud Krueger <bkrueger@ici.net>
- Date: Fri, 12 Nov 1999 08:24:31 -0800
- I almost got locked out of the trunk of my 77B a couple of weeks ago. It did open after a bit of fiddlin' with it. When I got it open I had a good look at the cause of the problem. It's wear on the
- /html/mgs/1999-11/msg00596.html (8,581 bytes)
- 5. Re: Felons wanted (at least their advice) (score: 1)
- Author: dwilkins@wcta.net (Don Wilkins)
- Date: Fri, 12 Nov 1999 14:28:21 GMT
- Happened to me with my 78MGB. Probably not the best solution but all else failed. I removed the fabric covering the sheet metal which prevents you from reaching into the trunk from the shelf where th
- /html/mgs/1999-11/msg00603.html (8,909 bytes)
- 6. Re: Felons wanted (at least their advice) (score: 1)
- Author: michael j robson <miker15@juno.com>
- Date: Fri, 12 Nov 1999 14:41:15 -0500
- On Thu, 11 Nov 1999 23:47:12 -0500 Trefor Delve <tdelve@mathworks.com> Relatively easy on a GT - climb inside the car, put the back seat down - now take a phillips screwdriver and lying on your stoma
- /html/mgs/1999-11/msg00615.html (8,473 bytes)
- 7. Re: Felons wanted (at least their advice) (score: 1)
- Author: ATWEDITOR@aol.com
- Date: Fri, 12 Nov 1999 15:32:35 EST
- On Thu, 11 Nov 1999 23:47:12 -0500 Trefor Delve <tdelve@mathworks.com> Try pushing down hard on the lid when you depress the button. After that, and you probably don't want to hear this, you can take
- /html/mgs/1999-11/msg00618.html (8,488 bytes)
- 8. Re: Felons wanted (at least their advice) (score: 1)
- Author: "Kai M. Radicke" <kradick1@ic3.ithaca.edu>
- Date: Fri, 12 Nov 1999 15:59:07 -0500
- There was once a Triumph TR6 owner with a similar problem... but it wasn't the bootlid! It was the bonnet. Unfortunately, it had locked itself down... and no matter what this bloke tried to do, he wa
- /html/mgs/1999-11/msg00620.html (8,054 bytes)
- 9. RE: Felons wanted (at least their advice) (score: 1)
- Author: Dan Pockrus <dpockrus@efficient.com>
- Date: Fri, 12 Nov 1999 14:58:35 -0600
- bloke ever the bonnet by Len & I had to do the same thing - Loyal Son slid under a four-wheel-drive truck on a wet street. The underhung spare tire on the truck mashed the bonnet down on top of the
- /html/mgs/1999-11/msg00621.html (8,266 bytes)
- 10. Re: Felons wanted (at least their advice) (score: 1)
- Author: "Andrew Proudfoot" <amproud@nf.sympatico.ca>
- Date: Fri, 12 Nov 1999 21:18:58 -0330
- Guess I should read further next time, here it is. --Original Message-- From: James Nazarian Jr <James.Nazarian@Colorado.EDU> To: Trefor Delve <tdelve@mathworks.com> Cc: mgs@autox.team.net <mgs@autox
- /html/mgs/1999-11/msg00629.html (8,617 bytes)
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