[W126 Coupe] trunk lock

[Dick Spellman]

Perhaps you are right Steve.  It must be either right under the seat 
cushion.  I've never seen it on any of the late model sedans I've ripped 
apart.  Perhaps it's in the wire trough.

Dick

 Steve Nervig wrote:

> I still believe that there is an emergency cable release for the trunk 

> lock under the left rear seat. It is shown in Job 82-0980 for cars 

> with and without rear electric seat adjustment.

>

> Steve

>

>

> On Sep 9, 2007, at 12:22 PM, Mister McGoo wrote:

>

>> Here is the brutal last-resort entry system for the locked trunk from 

>> a guy who is fairly knowledgeable.

>>  

>> His central locking system went inoperative, the trunk was locked, he 

>> could open the doors individually but not the trunk.   He was away 

>> from home; of course he had tools with him.... in the trunk.  He 

>> apologizes for the messy look like rats chewed unto the trunk.  He 

>> borrowed a drill, large pliers, and a piece of hose (as well as 

>> miscellaneous other useless tools.)  He says in all it took 20 

>> minutes to get into the trunk.  NOTE: the car is an SE, NOT an SEC.  

>> Someone needs to verify that the vacuum line (plus electrical for the 

>> left taillight) lies in the same trough of the rear panel under the 

>> trunk lock mechanism.

>>  

>> (I'm sure it is but my SEC's (too old) do not have the secondary pin 

>> lock although the vacuum line is in the same location.) 

>>  

>> >From under the car, he drilled into the rear trunk panel ledge 

>> bottom under (in front of) the rear bumper, directly under the 

>> licence plate and forcefully opened up enough of a slot to fish in 

>> with his fingers and pull the yellow vacuum line out.  He carefully 

>> cut the line keeping the end of the line TO the locking mechanism (to 

>> the left of the car) and attached a hose.  He then BLEW into the 

>> hose, and the trunk release button worked again.  He advises that if 

>> you're not sure which direction is the locking mechanism, when you 

>> cut the yellow line carefully retain both ends because they will tend 

>> to spring back into the hole and become more difficult to recover.

>>  

>> The new access hole is completely out of sight, easily patched and 

>> the cut yellow hose was reconnected with a rubber connector (a piece 

>> of the same hose he blew into).  Plus, his gas access was locked also 

>> so he was able to get home.

>>  

>> I have been told that there is a template for cutting into the trunk 

>> under the licence plate to get at the mechanism itself, but I have 

>> never seen it done.

>>  

>> Comments?

>>  

>> - Bellamy

>>

>>

>>

>>

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>>     From: eelploot at hotmail.com <mailto:eelploot at hotmail.com>

>>     To: mbcoupes at mbcoupes.com <mailto:mbcoupes at mbcoupes.com>

>>     Date: Sun, 9 Sep 2007 18:08:14 +0000

>>     Subject: Re: [W126 Coupe] trunk lock

>>

>>     >From what you say, the vacuum pump controlling all locks is

>>     inoperative for whatever reason.  Plus when this occurred the

>>     trunk was locked so it will not unlock.  And, of course, the

>>     inoperative pump is in the trunk.

>>      

>>     I am assuming this because (a) the door locks do not open/lock

>>     anything  and when you turn any of the locks you do NOT hear any

>>     sounds from the trunk.  You should hear some whirring plus the

>>     mechanical locking mechanisms working.  Is your gas door locked also?

>>      

>>     I am waiting to hear from a friend who had the same situation and

>>     got into the trunk.  He says the problem is not limited to the

>>     pin, it's the actuator for the push button itself and the only

>>     way to release it is from inside the trunk

>>     itself.

>>      

>>     I hope to have that answer within half an hour for comments from

>>     everybody.

>>      

>>     -Bellamy

>>

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