When all is said & done, you might want to coat the trunk lid gasket with some type of lubricant (silicone spray?) -----Original Message----- From: skip <[email protected]> To: Alfa Digest <[email protected]> Cc: dickbevins <[email protected]> Sent: Tue, Jul 14, 2015 6:34 am Subject: Re: [alfa] Spider trunk release
Dick and all, Sometimes my Duetto trunk lid sticks to the gasket and doesn't even move when I pull the release. Hopefully that is your situation. Have you tried having someone hold the release while you lift up on the lid? Usually, if the cable breaks, it breaks at the release handle and not in the trunk. If that's the case you might be able to grab the end of the cable with vise grips to pull it. If it is broken too far inside, since the cable and housing are replaceable, grab the housing with vise grips which will destroy it but you can squeeze it enough to grab the cable inside. Skip Patnode '67 Duetto Norfolk, Va Date: Mon, 13 Jul 2015 22:51:16 -0400 From: [email protected] Subject: [alfa] Spider trunk release The trunk release on my 1986 Spider stopped working today. The cable doesnbt appear to have snapped, but the trunk wonbt open. My shop manual is, of course, in the trunk. Luckily, there is nothing perishable in there. Does anyone have a suggestion? Dick Bevins -- to be removed from alfa, see http://www.digest.net/bin/digest-subs.cgi or email "unsubscribe alfa" to [email protected] -- to be removed from alfa, see http://www.digest.net/bin/digest-subs.cgi or email "unsubscribe alfa" to [email protected]
