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Originally Posted by MBeige
My guess is something got jammed between the trunk lock latch mechanism and the latch on the lid.
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Bing bing bing bing....
There was a small quartz pebble stuck in there.
Normally I am very careful and meticulous with the cars. Today I was tired and annoyed. So I took a mallet and a drift and just wacked the tumbler in with the key all the way to the left. Rock broke up and trunk opened.
All is well. No ill effects.
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'85 300D, 'Lance',250k, ... winter beater (100k on franken-Frybrid 3 Valve Kit)
'82 300D, 'Tex', 228k body / 170k engine ... summer car
'83 300TD Cali Wagon 210k, wife's car
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