There is Always One

Another bitterly cold day - but nice and sunny. 

I decided to fix the MK2 boot catch first. so off came the five plastic 'studs' that hold it on with a small screwdriver. Of course one went 'ping' and disappeared into the gravel - but I think that was the broken one anyway.

That revealed the mechanism. 

It's the fitting to the left under the serial number on the lock that doesn't move. The bar that pulls/pushes it is attached to the spindle that the little white fitting is on. I greased both bits and it quickly freed up and worked fine again.

I put the cover back on and as I had a similar stud it looks fine.

I last fixed that in October 2020 - and I don't think the hole I found will actually let lubricant get to the mechanism.

PM I wanted to do my bit for the planet.

So off we went - the roads were very 'white' with the salt, but quite dry. When I got to the bottle bank the key would not come out again. Too cold I guessed - about 20 taps and prods and it did pop out.

The car could do with a wash now though.