Thanks Arthur. When you said there's no mercury switch, I zoomed right in to the wires at the trunk hinge. I found three broken wires.

On a more troubling note, the insulation on these wires appears hard and not pliable at all.... less so than the engine wiring harness of my 34 year old Oldsmobile! I'm afraid the wiring harness problem on these cars goes beyond the engine and extends throughout the whole car!

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