[V8] Trunk will not open

[MORRALEE David]

Drilling a lock is always the last recourse for sure ... 

On my old winter car 87 /5000 cd qt the door handles keep breaking ,
until I started every fall to lubricate the inner mechanism of the door
handle ( never a problem now ) . The only problem with replacing
door/locks is you run into key problems ... What I have done with the
5000 is take out all the small spring loaded Pins inside the tumbler (
see image below ) I know what ya thinking ... Oh no someone could steal
your car because they could use any key to open the door of my 20 year
old car  ...correct . But remember locks are for honest people :-) 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Pin_tumbler_with_key.png

Cheers
Dave M 

-----Original Message-----
From: cobram at juno.com [mailto:cobram at juno.com] 
Sent: Wednesday, March 07, 2007 3:35 PM
To: MORRALEE David
Cc: wilke_jb at yahoo.com; v8 at audifans.com
Subject: Re: [V8] Trunk will not open

"MORRALEE David" <David.Morralee at alcatel-lucent.com> writes:

> I might try fixing the real problem the vacuum pump under the rear 
> seat .... I've heard if you can find the rear vacuum line to the rear 
> lock and get a vacuum on it it may open .

Close, you actually have to do the opposite, hit hose at the pump with
some positive air pressure and the lock will pop open.
 
BCNU,
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