stuck vert top
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From: Central Maryland
Originally Posted by sam the man
I have an '89 convertible. The right rear latch to the lid id stuck. How do you free it, or what could have went wrong. Thank you, Sam the man.
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SJW
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It didn't occur to me at first to ask this, but are you saying the storage compartment lid can't be released and raised, or that the convertible top can't be released from the storage compartment lid?
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SJW
Be well,
SJW
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I just re-read your post. I don't know how to get it to release if the deck lid to body latch won't release. It happened to me once. One side would not release. I just walked away from the car. Came back later and it worked. I'm going to go outside and look at mine, and see what I can come up with.
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Ok. Here's what you can do. Poke your head in from under the deck lid and remove these two nuts. That will leave the latch in place, but the deck lid will now be able to come open. Then you can figure out what's going on with the latch mechanism more easily.
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Originally Posted by 86PACER
Ok. Here's what you can do. Poke your head in from under the deck lid and remove these two nuts. That will leave the latch in place, but the deck lid will now be able to come open. Then you can figure out what's going on with the latch mechanism more easily.
If there's no such release mechanism, removing the two nuts as 86pacer has suggested should get the job done, but you'll probably need to make sure everything's aligned/adjusted correctly when you put it back together again.
Be well,
SJW
