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[daddywad]

Hi David, Theres no one I know near to you I'm afraid, I assume you have tried all the keys you have in the stuck lock? I think one of the plungers in the lock will have stuck up and will only drop again if the right key helps it. It may also be stuck because of grease in the lock. Maybe try to flush it a little with WD40 with the thin tube nozzle?

Classic Heroes in Tunbridge may help or there are people over Oxford way that could help

Best of luck. Let us all know the solution when you find it

Mark

 

[eriknetherlands]

Agree to the stuck plunger idea.
I've played around with a few old e9 trunk locks, and all of them were full of old grease when i openend them up. Warming them up generally softens the grease. Take a hair dryer, they usually have power settings limiting the hot air to 50 degrees celsius or so. It may take ten minutes before it's fully warm.

 

[sandhu]

Welcome David to the forum

BMR performance near Crawley, I have heard good things about them on other forums , they know their stuff on E9 cars,
and won't rip you off like other so called specialists mentioned On other forums, I think like ie cough cough ML

Love to see more photos of your stunning looking golf csl

The reg of your car, colour, I think I might of seen it at a Bicester show in early 2020 , on a trailer??

 

[David Morrell]

Thanks Gents
Tried WD40 with a straw applicator, no joy.
Looks like I may need to drop out the fuel tank and practice my limbo skills..

 

[HB Chris]

Unfortunately your tank comes out from above, it will not drop down.

 

[David Morrell]

Does anyone have an opinion on Front wing splash guards?
I'm not planning on much wet driving but it's inevitable that the car will see some water at some point.
Do the splash guards work or do they just trap in the moisture?
Any comments/experience in the above would be gratefully received.
D

 

[sandhu]

I removed ours on our E9,

Moisture trap , rust developer

Just have the car wax oiled and you will be ok

 

[David Morrell]

I removed ours on our E9,

Moisture trap , rust developer

Just have the car wax oiled and you will be ok

Thanks, that was my fear.
It is a little scary when you look up inside the wing and see the exposed cavities..

 

[sandhu]

Thanks, that was my fear.
It is a little scary when you look up inside the wing and see the exposed cavities..

Before our E9 went into winter storage for 4,5 months ,
my dads mate sprayed wax oil under neath the whole car , icluding all the box sections , sills, doors etc etc
After this was completed , the car was put on a recovery truck, ( not driven on the road, because the debris , stones, dirt etc etc from the road would of stuck to the wet wax oil and made the under neath of the car look dirty, messy etc etc )
A sheet of fabric cloth was put on the floor of the storage facility, (to catch some of the wet wax oil if it dropped on to the floor from the car )
car was parked over it and the wax oil was left to dry on the car over the next 4,5 months , in winter storage

When we drove the car out of the barn, ready for summer use, the wax oil had dried and looks like it was done at the
Factory , looks superb when anyone looks under the wheel arches and when we do get caught in some rain, we don't worry about it, wax oil will do its jobs

Contact Michael Kaye on this forum , he owns a lovely white E9 csi, he will add you to the E9 UK watts app group , ( if you like to join )
And Michael arranges the E9 meets in and around the M25?,

 

[David Morrell]

Before our E9 went into winter storage for 4,5 months ,
my dads mate sprayed wax oil under neath the whole car , icluding all the box sections , sills, doors etc etc
After this was completed , the car was put on a recovery truck, ( not driven on the road, because the debris , stones, dirt etc etc from the road would of stuck to the wet wax oil and made the under neath of the car look dirty, messy etc etc )
A sheet of fabric cloth was put on the floor of the storage facility, (to catch some of the wet wax oil if it dropped on to the floor from the car )
car was parked over it and the wax oil was left to dry on the car over the next 4,5 months , in winter storage

When we drove the car out of the barn, ready for summer use, the wax oil had dried and looks like it was done at the
Factory , looks superb when anyone looks under the wheel arches and when we do get caught in some rain, we don't worry about it, wax oil will do its jobs

Contact Michael Kaye on this forum , he owns a lovely white E9 csi, he will add you to the E9 UK watts app group , ( if you like to join )
And Michael arranges the E9 meets in and around the M25?,

Hi
Thanks for the feedback.
Yes, I've had my car Wax oiled, like everyone else, I want to make sure I've done everything I can to slow the rot..
I'd love to be added to the WhatsApp group, I'll drop Michael a line.
Look forward to meeting everyone on the next E9 meeting.
D

 

[Drew20]

Re the lock, try with the key different degrees of in. That's entirely unclear as an explanation I realise....
....if you pull the key back a mm or so from fully in and give it a wiggle, then another mm out and another wiggle, and repeat.
Until I rebuilt the boot lock, both of my keys worked best about 1mm from full home, as something was worn inside the lock. This quirk was on the boot only, so was clearly the boot lock at fault rather than the keys

 

[Ohmess]

Another idea, in addition to using a hair dryer to heat up the lock, is to also use the hair dryer to heat up the key itself.

 

[David Morrell]

Thanks for the suggestions.
The key turns within the lock, albeit a little stubbornly, there is a clunk and the button can then be pushed inward without any resistance.
I looked under the car at the Fuel tank as it was suggested that this may be a possible way in. Although the limited information within the workshop manual I have shows the tank to be fitted from above, which would make sense, the tank on my car looks to my untrained eye to be fitted from below as the flange on the tank is visible below the aperture in the bodywork?

 

[HB Chris]

After 9/73 the tank was moved to underneath.

 

[Markos]

@David Morrell,

You need to repeatedly wiggle and rotate the trunk lock. It will open. Not my idea but I searched forum. It worked for me!