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 Posted: Wed Dec 22, 2010 6:17 pm |
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hey so i was waiting at a roundabout and a JCB drove the bucket into my boot  the insurance has written the car off and offered me a payout but i kept the car and am getting more money than i payed for it plus the car back  so i'm gonna get it repaired myself, only problem is the boot is damaged and unable to open from the outside, if i can get it open i can change the tailgate and light which is the only things wrong (bumper ans rear quarters are still perfect) with it then get it sprayed or whatever! is there any way to get it open without damaging the bumper? the lock works fine just the handle won't move at all. will i have to beat it back into shape to open it? or is there a way to open it from the inside?
Any help or thoughts would be greatly appreciated
Thanks
Chris
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Posted: Wed Dec 22, 2010 6:35 pm |
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have you tried removing the pannel on the inside of the tailgate and manually pulling the wire?
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Posted: Thu Dec 23, 2010 7:10 am |
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or geting inside and just kicking it open, imsure that would work 
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Posted: Thu Dec 23, 2010 6:07 pm |
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| meady wrote: |
| or geting inside and just kicking it open, imsure that would work |
haha was thinking of doing that myself actually.... never thought i could get to the plastic panel on the inside, will try that when i'm off next or finished early.... done 14 hours today  lol
Cheers
Chris
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Posted: Thu Dec 23, 2010 6:12 pm |
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Handbook gives you the how-to on releasing the boot latch from the inside.
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Posted: Thu Dec 23, 2010 6:17 pm |
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damn never even thought to check that! or you meaning the haynes manual? either way will have to check that out! thanks for the advice
Chris
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Posted: Fri Dec 24, 2010 1:43 am |
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Just the little book that came with the car. Or should have!
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Posted: Fri Dec 24, 2010 4:33 am |
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just go inot the boot via the rear seats and undo the bolts that hold the car side of the boot catch. two torque key bolts, t40 i think
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Posted: Fri Dec 24, 2010 5:44 am |
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| G. wrote: |
| Handbook gives you the how-to on releasing the boot latch from the inside. |
Only the early handbooks do, the later ones dont.
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Posted: Fri Dec 24, 2010 12:52 pm |
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i work for jcb in the factory where they build them sorry to here about this but most pepople loose when a jcb hits them
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