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Hi all,

Just a small thing. But the boot latch next to the drivers seat on my 93 R32 GT-R is designed to open the fuel cap as well as the boot lid.

Fuel cap pops not a problem but the boot doesn't open.

I just thought I'd ask around here if anyone has had a similar problem (stretched cable I assume) before giving it a go myself.

You may have locked the boot from the boot latch (inside the boot).

They have this feature so when you give you car to someone else, they can't open the boot without the key.

Pop the boot and have a look at the boot latch/locking thingy. You should see a little leaver, just click it the other way it it should work fine.

J

That's because someone has pushed the little lever on the boot lock, it prevents someone inside the car opening the boot from the inside, while the spare key is too fat to go in the lock.

It's so when you give the car to someone, you know they can't go through your stuff...it's a neat little feature.

Not so neat when the boot lock buggers up, and you think to yourself "what's this lever" and press it. I had to remove the speakers in my parcel shelf, try and fish around past my subby and click the lock from inside NOT fun!

I sooo didn't read the start of this thread...what a tool!

Dan

You should be able to see where the cable ends up at the latch. Get someone to move the release lever up and down from the driver's seat, and see if there is any tension on the cable. It could be snapped or accidentally unhooked from the latch. If it has stretched, you might be able to modify it to pull on the latch sooner rather than ripping the whole thing out and replacing it.

Hi all. I did a lot of fiddling around with the boot today and here's what I have found:

If I open the boot and push the lock boot mechanism up (ie: not locked) and then close the boot very very gently. Then pull the lever inside the car gently the boot opens!!!

If I slam the boot shut I cannot open the boot from inside the car as the mechanism which locks the boot up permanently has moved to the lock position.

Alternatively if I pull the lever all the way up this also pushes the boot lock mechanism to the lock position!

Now how strange is that huh?!

That reminds me of my old Commodore which had a faulty lock mechanism. Whenever I hit a decent bump the boot lid would fly open. The lock seemed fine, although it only took a slight touch to release it, so I figured big bumps were enough make it open.

I took the lock to a wrecker just to make sure I got the right one. He looked at it and said there was nothing wrong with it and I was wasting my money. I had to convince him to sell me one! $10 later and I bought it and fitted it and the problem never came back.

That sounds like a damn hard thing to find! Looks like I will take it to a smash repair place and see if they can fix it before I begin my hunt. It's the little things ain't it?! Especially when you are in search for perfection!

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