Boot Release

[jamster]

Anyone had problems with the boot release not engaging when it's cold?

I get no response at all from the badge when pressed if it's below 5 degrees. Anything above that and it works fine! If the boot wont work and I need petrol how do I get in??

Cheers

[davidd]

I would have thought that by the time you had driven it to the filling station the heat from the pipes would have thawed it out a bit.

D.

[FourWheelDrift]

The badge boot release is all mechanical, so I guess it is just water/ice stopping something. Pour some warm water over it.

[Julian64]

Works on two rubber bungs either side of a central push switch. If the bungs are cold they dont depress as well. The badge will never bend cos its too thick and coated with enamel that would rather crack first. Probably why there are so many cracked chipped badges.

Either warm the bungs with hot water and then depress. Or remove the carpet inside and do up the bolt on either side of the badge until a butterfly fart on the badge would click the switch. End of problem.

[jamster]

Julian64 said:

Works on two rubber bungs either side of a central push switch. If the bungs are cold they dont depress as well. The badge will never bend cos its too thick and coated with enamel that would rather crack first. Probably why there are so many cracked chipped badges. Either warm the bungs with hot water and then depress. Or remove the carpet inside and do up the bolt on either side of the badge until a butterfly fart on the badge would click the switch. End of problem.

Nice one men!!! DOes that not mean if I tighten it to butterfly proportions any snifter of the accelerator will casue immediate boot opening. Good party trick!

[FourWheelDrift]

It can sometimes act as a high speed brake. I remember once mine didn't shut properly (didn't notice) went off all fine but above a certain speed (shifting a bit) the airflow sucked the boot lid open

Well it might not have acted like an air brake but it made me slow down

[Julian64]

Nope because unless you are accelerating in reverse, the button is pushing out rather than in.

Probably in a head on accident it would spring open with then first hint of deceleration and therefore act as a brake giving you an extra tenth of a second of useful life though.

[j_s_g]

FourWheelDrift said:

It can sometimes act as a high speed brake. I remember once mine didn't shut properly (didn't notice) went off all fine but above a certain speed (shifting a bit) the airflow sucked the boot lid open Well it might not have acted like an air brake but it made me slow down

Had the same thing happen with mine shortly after I got it - was driving up the motorway 'at speed' over quite a bumpy bit of road when I looked in the mirror & all I could see was Avus blue. Made me stop sharpish!

I might not have shut the boot properly, I'm not sure, but that evening I adjusted it a bit to make it harder to open anyway, and I've not had the problem since. I won't be making it any easier to open again, that's for sure!

[crazycats]

On the theme of things opening when they shouldn't, checked the oil before going for a blast this morning.

Familiar route which contains a straight of around 1.5 miles, got up to about *** mph, when the bonnet lifted about a foot.. oops forgot to lock the bonnet, silly boy!!!!

Got the brown adrenalin going for a bit.

[shpub]

FourWheelDrift said:

It can sometimes act as a high speed brake. I remember once mine didn't shut properly (didn't notice) went off all fine but above a certain speed (shifting a bit) the airflow sucked the boot lid open Well it might not have acted like an air brake but it made me slow down

I had the boot lid ripped off on my 520 Wedge at Goodwood after forgetting to close it. I was doing 130 at the time.