Emergency Liftgate Release......
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Emergency Liftgate Release......
Just finished installing this gem. I'm not the brainchild who thought this up but I haven't seen it here so I figured I'd share. I came across this on another site and the little effort invested now might save a lot of needless work down the road.......
I've read about the major hassle in trying to get the liftgate open when the latch fails. This fix was simple and cheap. I used 1/16" cable with the proper ferrules ans well as a thimble that connects to the arm on the latch mechanism. Ran the cable up and through a grommeted hole I drilled/installed, looped it and ran it through the grommet again. secured with another ferrule. A key chain split ring keeps it from pulling into the panel.
Although I didn't take any pics when doing this, I did take a mock up pic for reference only so you can see where it connects to the latch. I replaced my latch as the original was in pretty bad shape....
I've read about the major hassle in trying to get the liftgate open when the latch fails. This fix was simple and cheap. I used 1/16" cable with the proper ferrules ans well as a thimble that connects to the arm on the latch mechanism. Ran the cable up and through a grommeted hole I drilled/installed, looped it and ran it through the grommet again. secured with another ferrule. A key chain split ring keeps it from pulling into the panel.
Although I didn't take any pics when doing this, I did take a mock up pic for reference only so you can see where it connects to the latch. I replaced my latch as the original was in pretty bad shape....
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