Originally Posted by hoffmd53

Adjust the pin portion of the latch which is on the lid should stay shut.

Originally Posted by Buddy WMC

BTW,
Stoddard solvent was what we used to clean all of our .30 cal,.50cal and 20mm aircraft guns with in Nam.

Originally Posted by TriGeezer

From the begining, I had trouble shutting my trunk, and having the latch engage to keep it closed. I worked around this by pressing in the release button and then shutting the trunk.

Then my brain kicked in. I recalled reading some stuff on this forum about the latch breaking, and thought of my experience. As my brain slowly engaged...I thought what would happen if we just slammed the trunk a bit harder? That should get the little latch bugger to move up and capture the chamfered plunger thingy. But, as my brain got more speed... I thought this would certainly put a lot of impact stress on the whole latch mechanism.

Then I thought of one of the basic rules of engineering: "If it is supposed to move and it doesn't spray it with WD40". So I did...and now it works smoothly and latches perfectly with just a little lovn shove!

500 miles later I have yet to not be able to close the trunk with a little shove...and have not had anyone look admiringly at my beautiful rig and say "Hey dude! Your trunk is open!"...