My frunk adventure

[JohnnyK]

I've only had the Spyder a week and it's raining today so I was spending some time going over the bike cleaning and getting familiar with it. I had cleaned an lubed the frunk latch and when I was done I wiped off some excess grease, put the plastic cover back on and close the lid. Later I went to open the frunk and couldn't get it open. Using what I had read in the posts here I pressed down on the lid and turned the key. No good. I put my ear down near the latch (probably looked like I was playing twister) and I could hear movement. Right away I had an idea about what happened. I have one of those DIY colonoscopy cameras from Harbor Freight used it to take a look. Just as I suspected. When I wiped the excess grease off I also knocked the cable off of the latch. Hmm.. Now what?


Again with confidence based on what I had read about others being able to pop the latch with a screwdriver I got a piece or 3/32 piano wire and a plastic shipping cap I had laying around and taped it on the end of the wire to give me a little more surface area to work with. To my surprise I pushed it under the lid and popped the latch in under 10 seconds. I really thought I was going to be fishing for a while.


John

 

[SNOOPY]

You need to talk to Ben roflmao


http://www.spyderlovers.com/forums/showthread.php?70463-Cannot-Open-Funk-with-Ignition-Key


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[Bob Denman]

VERY nice save!!

 

[Chupaca]

Well done..!!

necessity is the mother of invention...:2thumbs: Congrats on some fine tool making...:thumbup:

 

[bruiser]

DIY colonoscopy camera? :shocked:

 

[SDM]

DIY colonoscopy camera? :shocked:

:agree:My thoughts exactly!!!:yikes:

 

[SNOOPY]

roflmao

 

[Bob Denman]

And I thought that the co-payments were rough... :yikes:

 

[robmorg]

DIY colonoscopy camera? :shocked:

What an interesting concept. I hope he doesn't skimp on the prep procedure before he uses that thing. :yikes:

 

[ChasCS]

Go probe, yourself...

Nice save.. ;-)

Love stories where probes and home made tools are used!! Hahaha

Chas

 

[cptjam]

LOL

DIY!
Sounds like a massive PIA!

 

[vided]

DIY colonoscopy camera? :shocked:

gotta get one or two of them :yikes::yikes:

 

[SNOOPY]

gotta get one or two of them :yikes::yikes:

As long as you don't post the video! :lecturef_smilie:

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[Bob Denman]

:agree:

 

[Highwayman2013]

Now hook the wire on the latch permanently and run it somewhere under the bodywork so you can pop the latch should this happen on the road.

 

[SNOOPY]

Good idea.

 

[Flanker]

Me, Nick Cage, and Jolie are lifting some cars this weekend......................you doing anything? :joke:

 

[PW2013STL]

Me, Nick Cage, and Jolie are lifting some cars this weekend......................you doing anything? :joke:

I would be able to help ------ but I am gone in 60 seconds.hyea:

 

[SPECTACUALR SPIDERMAN]

my electric release didn't work on my frunk, brought into my dealer yesterday & they say it is under warranty, they have to order 2 parts & will have them next week for me to bring it back in. As long as for now i am under warranty i am ok with it since the manual release with the key is still working