96 XJS 4.0 2+2 Boot lock

[Veekay]

Yeah, anything like what went wrong with my latch?

[xj-s] 96 XJS trunk lock won't unlock

I’ve packed epoxy into the cylinder, assuming this plastic welder epoxy marries up to the plastic, I would suspect it would now work similarly to sistering a joist. It’s not the plastic cylinder that ended up failing, but the tip, where the cylinder had a hole in it to accept a pin. That seems to be the point of failure on this assembly. I believe the following pictures reveal the failure point. [image] [image] [image] [image] I could have just fixed the tip end. I figured the more steel …