[MR2] Stuck engine compartment hatch

[Bob Peitzke]

My cable is in good shape, including the ball end.  It pulled off the lever
(which I will have to fix later), but the ball head is solid.  In fact I
tried pulling it with a pair of vise grips, one on the cable ball-end &
other on the cable housing - the cable moves freely for a couple of mm 'til
it hits the resistance which can only be from the frozen latch.  Recall that
I had replaced the cable a few years back.

 

I will remove the trunk lining and see if that improves access.

 

Thanks for the tips, Donald.  

 

:o)   Bob

 

From: Donald Chalfant [mailto:dkchal at datasync.com] 
Sent: Saturday, June 25, 2011 12:04 PM
To: Racing Strong Motorsports; MR2
Cc: Bob Peitzke
Subject: Re: [MR2] Stuck engine compartment hatch

 

Note the pressed on lead ball on the end of the release cable. A common
failure mode when pulling on the cable too hard is the cable pulling out of
the ball.  I do seem to recall the latch mechanism access through the trunk
(with the trunk gasket and trunk firewall liner removed) holes being
sufficient to spray penetrating oil with a tube nozzle and manipulate the
mechanism with a screwdriver.  Hope's 88 OPM (Zippy) which was flooded in
Atlanta in 03 was frozen up and seems like the man with the warehouse full
of MR2s who I ended up giving Zippy to (07?) had that issue as well as a
bucket load of others. 

 

I say if all else fails Bob (the salt from your oceanfront property making
the corrosion just too much), you can drill the out the bolts holding the
hood latch mechanism from the trunk and replace after. 

----- Original Message ----- 

From: Racing Strong Motorsports <mailto:wdstrongjr at racingstrong.com>  

To: MR2 <mailto:mr2 at mr2.com>  

Sent: Saturday, June 25, 2011 2:05 PM

Subject: Re: [MR2] Stuck engine compartment hatch

 

FYI
here is how the assembly works.
http://opc.mr2oc.com/online_parts_catalog/Body/engine%20hood.GIF


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On Sat, Jun 25, 2011 at 1:56 PM, Ethan Adams <e.adams722 at gmail.com> wrote:
> My MKII usually has the same problem with the front lid. I usually have to
> use a screw drive wrapped in cloth and lightly pry up on it and it pops
> open.
>
> - Ethan Adams
> On Jun 25, 2011 11:40 AM, "Kurt Krueger" <telek2 at frontier.com> wrote:
>> On 6/22/2011 12:19 PM, waynearndt at waynearndt.com wrote:
>>> Good point Aaron, I've had to smack the top of my MKII a few times
>>> to get it to open after pulling the latch. I'm not familiar with the MKI
>>> but on the MKII I have also put my finges down into the louvers and
>>> pulled upward to pull it lose...or course again, I do this AFTER having
>>> pulled the release lever.
>>>
>>> -Wayne
>>>
>> With both my '86 and '88 SC MkI (with fiberglass lid) they need to be
>> pried up with my fingers. Sometimes I need someone to hold the latch
>> while I pry. A little WD40 usually solves the problem once I get the
>> lid open.
>>
>> BTW, DON'T use WD40 on the cable. Makes it stick.
>>
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