Re: Re: RE: Tailgate won't latch!

From: andy levy (andy-dml@levyclan.us)
Date: Mon Jan 12 2004 - 18:32:55 EST


Josh Battles wrote:
> "andy levy" <andy-dml@levyclan.us> wrote in message
> news:btpbc8$hk9$1@bent.twistedbits.net...
>
>>JAMES KNOX wrote:
>>
>>>Andy
>>>Unscrew the access panel on the tail gate and use a hair dryer (
>
> blower ) to
>
>>>thaw the mechanism- latching linkage.
>>
>>Access panel? I don't think I have one. All I have is the latch which
>>should come out if I undo the 3 screws on the inside of the gate. But
>>that't not happening without a garage.
>
>
>
> That's the main issue that I have with any sort of Rhino Lining... they
> spray over the access panel, and if you have to get at it for some reason,
> you have to chisel it out. I believe that the opening is triangular in
> shape on Dodge trucks.
>
There was no "access panel" at all on my truck that I remember. Just
the 3 screws. And Line-X was very careful to remove and protect the holes.

-- 
-andy

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