exterior trunk release

[mikepage0007]

Originally Posted by Toms2010

What about a small actuator or cylinder that is attached to the manual release so you can operate it with a remote? Not sure if I am going to describe it right, but maybe mount it in a housing attached to the TV frame that is of the same material as the TV frame so it does not look to out of place?

How far from the trunk lid does the tv extend?

there is a fib erglass backing and then the tv framing is glassed into the fabbed shell..will keep you updated on which way we proceed to resolve this issue.

[dlluinstra]

Maybe reverse the latch to where the release in not in the truck lid but attached to the body and then the emergency release could go down to behind the license plate.

[Rhyder]

Originally Posted by mikepage0007

i am close with 6 gm mechanics and 2 locksmiths and 1 gm service manager ,they would like to know more about this tool so would i, where do you get this thin little tool..and where do you shove it in and pop up..this would be a great tool

not sure, Ill ask my brother in law, he popped mine with it when I shut the trunk by accident with the battery disconnected, and had the top down....didnt want to crank it up with the allen wrench so called him, hes a locksmith.....just pushed the tool up and popped it......took him like 2 minutes

[mikepage0007]

Originally Posted by Rhyder

not sure, Ill ask my brother in law, he popped mine with it when I shut the trunk by accident with the battery disconnected, and had the top down....didnt want to crank it up with the allen wrench so called him, hes a locksmith.....just pushed the tool up and popped it......took him like 2 minutes

you could be the answer, sounds like you have a vert, and i know the verts have the key switch on side of the rear seat as the verts don,t have a folding back seat..are you sure he did not use the keyed switch on side of seat

[mikepage0007]

thumbing thru the web..what looks wrong with this pic,, someone has done it

[Wuiquen]

I mean how much are you willing to spend?? If you can spare some cash, what if u run the manual release from the deck lid to where the bowtie is and then have a body shop modified the bowtie and cut it into the deck lid in its current position and use the bowtie as the handle.. kinda like the new WV that use the back emblem to pop the truck.. this might be crazy but I mean overall u could run the manual release and attached it to the bowtie and make it to where u can pull it like a handle... wouldn't that b cool??

[mikepage0007]

Originally Posted by Wuiquen

I mean how much are you willing to spend?? If you can spare some cash, what if u run the manual release from the deck lid to where the bowtie is and then have a body shop modified the bowtie and cut it into the deck lid in its current position and use the bowtie as the handle.. kinda like the new WV that use the back emblem to pop the truck.. this might be crazy but I mean overall u could run the manual release and attached it to the bowtie and make it to where u can pull it like a handle... wouldn't that b cool??

with no way to lock it, someone could pop trunk and steal everything..i,m just trying to give myself an option on getting into trunk manually if for some reason the electronic release fails ..i,m more hoping i can drill small hole behind emblem , an use a allen key or something of that nature and pop trunk, even if i reattach bowtie to trunk lid, at least i know there is a way to open trunk with 10 minutes of dental floss .lol ..if needed..

[camarograna2]

Hey mike what you end up doing with the trunk release issue?

[rray]

+1 on that... Being a tech, I know solenoids fail...Often! I'm in the same boat, looking for some kind of remote cable attachment that I can run somewhere behind the seat.

If I have a way to open it, I will never need it... But if I don't? Murphy!