Taimar tailgate won't release.

Hi Dave, experienced the same many years ago....found that I needed to keep the "bullet" (moving part) clean, polished & lubed.
Another Taimar owner showed me his "manual system" which I adapted & fitted to my car.
Attach a cord to top of latch arm, feed this through a ferrule (sailing deck bush) which I bonded into drivers side corner of tailgate adjacent to trim panel & attach a pull handle. I also attached some 3mm dia bungee to the pull cord inside tailgate in order to ensure the pull handle is fully retracted against tailgate.
Hope this description makes sense.
Good luck MikeS

Hi,thanks guys .Yes it's had a new seal so will trying pushing down first .Then will check release mechanism.

Had the same problem with my Taimar. The solenoid seemed to have lost power. Bought a new solenoid kit from Ebay. Fitted in the car OK but still lacked the power to release the tailgate. The original solenoid was made by Williams Shirley Birmingham but this company no longer exists. There isn't enough of the label to read the spec. Probably not surprising as it is 43 years old.
Can anyone suggest what solenoid would work? In the mean time I am using a manual cord pull.

thats cheap.