Andy
Unscrew the access panel on the tail gate and use a hair dryer ( blower ) to
thaw the mechanism- latching linkage.
It's going to get colder as we get into February :-)
Do you think Jon's grapes are frozen on the vines? ICE WINE :-)
Jim Knox , 91 Dak 318LA
----- Original Message -----
From: "Norah Bleazard" <dml@bleazard.net>
To: <dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net>
Sent: Saturday, January 10, 2004 9:17 AM
Subject: DML: RE: Tailgate won't latch!
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-dakota-truck@bent.twistedbits.net
> > [mailto:owner-dakota-truck@bent.twistedbits.net]On Behalf Of andy levy
> > Sent: Friday, January 09, 2004 7:45 PM
> > To: dakota-truck-moderator@bent.twistedbits.net
> > Subject: DML: Tailgate won't latch!
> >
> >
> >
> > Opened up my tailgate to check something in the bed tonight before
> > leaving work and was that ever a mistake! The tailgate will not latch
> > now. I tried slamming it, I tried easing it in, tried everything, no
> > dice. Ended up holding it up with a cargo tie-down hooked into the
> > handle. So far, it's holding, but I wanna get this thing closing for
> > real ASAP.
> >
> > It's 5 below right now, and I can't help but think the cold has
> > something to do with this. Maybe the rubber bumpers are so stiff that
> > they won't compress to let the latch engage? Any ideas on what
> > to do here?
> >
> > --
> > -andy
> >
> > http://home.twcny.rr.com/andylevy/dakota - andy-dml@levyclan.us
> > --------------------------------------------
> > "Whatever Adam does, do the opposite and you'll be fine"
> > -Bob Tom
> > --------------------------------------------
> My '93 did the exact same thing while I was living in Edmonton, Alberta...
> which felt like "doing time" :-) Edmonton felt like it was above the
Arctic
> Circle during the winter months (11 months of the year) lol. But
anyway...
> I took the Dak back to the dealership along with 10 other problems (can
you
> spell L E M O N) and they corrected the problem. They never did tell me
> what they did to fix the tailgate tho, so I guess this reply is pretty
> useless to you.. Sorry.
>
> Norah Bleazard http://www.bleazard.net Burlington, Ontario
> hers: '01 Dakota Sport 4x4, 4.7 V8, Auto, Quad Cab, black (Black Diamond)
> prev: '98 Dakota Sport 4x4, 5.2 V8, Auto, Club Cab, black (Black Widow)
> prev: '95 Dakota Sport 4x2, 3.9 V6, Auto, Club Cab, black (Black Ice)
> prev: '93 Dakota Sport 4x2, 3.9 V6, Auto, Club Cab, electric blue
> (Enterprise)
> his: '95 Dakota Sport 4x4, 3.9 V6, 5spd, Reg. Cab, white (White Knight)
>
>
>
>
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