<VV> Opening the front trunk...

J R Read_HML hmlinc at sbcglobal.net
Mon Aug 7 00:04:20 EDT 2006


Are we STILL playing with the "how do I open the trunk" question?  The 
answer is

TADA

Use the spare key you had made at the hardware store the day you brought the 
car home.

Later, JR


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Padgett" <pp2 at 6007.us>
To: <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
Sent: Sunday, August 06, 2006 10:41 AM
Subject: Re: <VV> Opening the front trunk...


> Just to be a bit more explicit
> 1) collect all available GM keys - ignition or trunk does not matter
> 2) determine which will slide into the lock and put the rest back
> 3) insert each key and wiggle vigorously while turning slightly - not 
> hard - toward open (in locksmithing terms, this is similar to "raking" the 
> tumblers).
>
> If a LM could also take the glove box lock to a locksmith but AFAIR there 
> is one more tumbler in the trunk than the glovebox and even though it uses 
> the same key, the mechanism is different.
>
> Are other ways but most require a new trunk lock afterwards.
>
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