Sourcing new boot catch

[crackedfinger]

Anybody know of a good source for a replacement boot catch for a 96 grif?

Mine has given up the ghost and is falling apart, could also do with a replacement lug that fits into the catch too (if these aree the right terms to use!)

Ta.

[stringbag]

tvrcarparts.com or bell hill breakers
How on earth did you break them without snapping the boot lid in two?!

[rolfe]

Maplin electronics part No YD79 £10.49 0870 429 6000

[stringbag]

Think he means the metal bits, not the electric bit.

[FlipFlopGriff]

Seem to remember the mechanism on an old MK2 Escort being the same but I may be wrong.
FFG

[crackedfinger]

The problem is with the metal catch not priming itself to 'catch' the boot when it closes. It sloses fine, ubt you can pull it open. Everytime I want to boot to lock I gave the catch mechanism a shove with a key.

It does look that the lock hasbeen 'fixed' before that could be causing the problem. (Solanoid works fine)

WIll look into the escort route.

Ta.

[FlipFlopGriff]

It may be most Ford's of that era using the same catch - maybe even early Sierra???? Worth a trip to the local tatters yard.
FFG