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UBERBEETLE Samba Member
Joined: July 20, 2006 Posts: 269 Location: Pennsylvania, USA
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Posted: Sat Jan 26, 2008 10:34 pm Post subject: Trunk |
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Does anyone know how to open the trunk on a 72 Super if the latch in the glovebox has come loose?
I've tried to pull on the cable but that doesn't seem to release it.
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piemat Snobbish Elite Volkswagen Fanatic
Joined: February 20, 2005 Posts: 911 Location: Texas
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UBERBEETLE Samba Member
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Posted: Sat Jan 26, 2008 10:48 pm Post subject: |
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Just the lever in the glovebox came off the glovebox itself, the cable is right there, shouldn't I just be able to pull on the cable while someone pushes the button on the hood and lifts? |
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jamesdagg Samba Member
Joined: August 18, 2007 Posts: 3364 Location: B.C.Canada
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Posted: Sat Jan 26, 2008 10:49 pm Post subject: |
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Before you start sawing, have someone hold the lever down while you pull on the handle. Could be frozen as well. Warm it up.
If you do have to saw, you must saw it in two places so you can unscrew both halves. The handle is widely available and easily replaced. The Bentley manual even describes the cutting procedure. _________________ '72 FI Westy
'71 Super rear inside defrost vents no longer available |
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piemat Snobbish Elite Volkswagen Fanatic
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jhicken Samba Member
Joined: October 24, 2003 Posts: 9466 Location: Fallbrook, CA
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Posted: Sat Jan 26, 2008 10:56 pm Post subject: |
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UBERBEETLE wrote: |
Just the lever in the glovebox came off the glovebox itself, the cable is right there, shouldn't I just be able to pull on the cable while someone pushes the button on the hood and lifts? |
Yes.
-jeffrey _________________ Der Kleiner Kampfwagens |
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UBERBEETLE Samba Member
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Posted: Sat Jan 26, 2008 11:05 pm Post subject: |
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That's what I thought but when I pull the release lever in the glovebox I don't feel it releasing. The cable just feels dead/solid. |
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jhicken Samba Member
Joined: October 24, 2003 Posts: 9466 Location: Fallbrook, CA
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Posted: Sat Jan 26, 2008 11:28 pm Post subject: |
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So, are you saying that you are pulling on the cable, with say a pair of pliers, and it doesn't feel like it's moving?
Unfortunately some of the tricks to getting a stuck hood open do not work so well on Super Beetles. You may need to cut the hood handle. They are cheap and easy to find. Take your time, get a few new hacksaw blades and have at it.
good luck
-jeffrey _________________ Der Kleiner Kampfwagens |
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UBERBEETLE Samba Member
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Posted: Sat Jan 26, 2008 11:54 pm Post subject: |
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Sore fingers and a bit of foul language later... The truck lid is now open!
Without cutting the handle.
Kind of a silly little arrangement VW installed there huh?! |
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piemat Snobbish Elite Volkswagen Fanatic
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Posted: Sun Jan 27, 2008 12:06 am Post subject: |
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Glad mine doesn't have the cable anymore, seems like it's more trouble than its worth. Theres nothing in my trunk anyway. _________________ Same Questions, Different Day.
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Cusser Samba Member
Joined: October 02, 2006 Posts: 31360 Location: Hot Arizona
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Posted: Sun Jan 27, 2008 8:30 am Post subject: |
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UBERBEETLE wrote: |
Kind of a silly little arrangement VW installed there huh?! |
Works fine if someone lubes the mechanism in the trunk at least once a decade. It's in the service information. One shouldn't expect a 40-year-old vehicle to work properly without proper care. _________________ 1970 VW (owned since 1972) and 1971 VW Convertible (owned since 1976), second owner of each. The '71 now has the 1835 engine, swapped from the '70. Second owner of each. 1988 Mazda B2200 truck, 1998 Frontier, 2014 Yukon, 2004 Frontier King Cab. All manual transmission except for the Yukon. http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/album_page.php?pic_id=335294 http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/album_page.php?pic_id=335297 |
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