Re: Car Boot Lock - Update

[Dave Liquorice]

I seriously doubt if those who design these things ever expect them to > go wrong.

This is probably true but what the designers design, the materials engineers specify and what actually gets built after the beancounters have hada look can be very different...

I guess if it was too easy to get open, there would be trouble about > that, ...

Well there ought to be some sort of manual release that is not overly easy to access from inside the car. That is not a popup button with a mushroom head but just a small hole to waggle a screwdriver through that is normally hidden behind some trim.

[Mr Pounder]

I dropped the back seats and pulled the boot trim off. I'm 6' tall, this did not help me in the boot area. Anyway, I was too stupid to see the manual release so I blasted everything with VD40. This did not work.

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[Nick Odell]

So... about four thousand quid then?

Nick

[Mr Pounder]

Labour was £120. I have a very good garage. Not back street.

[Dave Plowman (News)]

12 quid an hour labour? You had this done 50 years ago?

[Brian Gaff]

Oh that VD 40 again, I guess that made it come up in little warts then?

Brian

[The Natural Philosopher]

Ok

ER well then you simply have very EXPENSIVE garage.

[Bob Eager]

I know I had trouble with a flat battery on an S-Max. The jump leads were in the 'boot'. The tailgate lock is electric only.

[Tim Watts]

On Sunday 20 January 2013 15:08 Brian Gaff wrote in uk.d-i-y:

They do not call him Pounder for nothing.

I will not speculate what is on the receiving end though...

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[Mr Pounder]

I did it on porpoise.

[Mr Pounder]

Mr Pounder to you.

[The Natural Philosopher]

Gave it a good whaling first, did you?

[Mr Pounder]

I dropped the car off at 7.30 AM. My choice, the garage was open. I went back at 5PM, they were still working on it. I drove away at 5.30 PM. I can't say that they devoted the full 10 hours to my car; but I do know that they wanted it out of the garage. The £120 includes labour for the service, MOT preparation and taking the car for the MOT. It's grim up north.

[Mr Pounder]

Look at my last post. Then explain yours.

[The Natural Philosopher]

An hours labour is generally £30-£45

[Mr Pounder]

Adam, where are you when I need you?!

[Mr Pounder]

I may have misunderstood you.