Re: [AMC-List] 77/78 Gremlin or Pacer Hatch Lock Needed

[Mark Price <markprice242@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

My backup for a dead battery is the fact that while my battery is trunk mounted there is still easy access to the starter solenoid to apply jumpers to get the doors or trunk open and since they are all on seperate circuits I should theoreteically be able to get in somewhere! When the car is parked long term, I always flip the levers up on the vent windows so I can stick an arm in and open the door if needed!
  
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Mark Price
markprice242ATadelphia.net
Morgantown, WV


---- "Swygert wrote: 
> Joe, contact Peter Stathes about the locks (ifoundit@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx,
> 516-935-5298, www.amcrambler.com). He works on the door locks and may
> have parts for the hatch locks. 
> 
> If the hatch locks are so close to the tool box locks, you should be
> able to pull the lock mechanism out and use a generic tool box type lock
> cylinder from a hardware store. Key won't be the same, but appearance
> from the outside should be and at least it will work. Alternately,
> install a cable or generic electric release. 
> 
> Hot rodders typically trim a choke cable to the right length and mount
> that to shaved door or trunk latches and hide them underneath the car
> somewhere for emergency access if the battery dies. I was just over at
> the local shop and they were installing one in a trunk -- trimmed to
> about 2' long and hidden behind the bumper on the right side. Just hook
> the cable to the latch release arm. You could get a long cable (from a
> local pick-n-pull, maybe?) and run it all the way up to beside the
> driver's seat. 
> 
> Incidently, I like what another rodder did for emergency access to his
> shaved ride. Instead of a hidden cable he hid a couple auxiliary battery
> posts! Harder to find, and a thief isn't likely to be looking for them,
> even if he is suspiciously carrying a starter box or battery and jumper
> cables around! Even then he'd still need the remote to open the doors.
> The only problem is if the remote is lost on a trip... 
> 
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