Originally Posted by
onehundred80
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Remove the upper and lower right hand side panels in the trunk.
Remove the two liners on the inside of the hatch by removing the screw under the plug in the hand hold on the lower hatch liner, remove the two screws that hold on the upper liner on the hatch. Use a plastic trim tool to pry them of the retaining clips.
Take the latch body out of the hatch, there are seven star head screws (#30) and four nuts (10mm) holding it in place. Remove the connector for the trunk latched signal and the 'L' hose connector, you could just cut the old hose lengthwise and remove just the hose.
The air line to the trunk lock passes through the right hand rubber conduit that connect the hatch to the body. The yellow airline is visible in the photo.
These are a pain to take out of their holes in the body but there is a trick to get them out. Gently pull the rubber away from the collar that fits in the hole in the body or hatch. There is a collar at each end of the conduit and each plastic collar has four tabs on it, one on each side. The tab ends are slightly above the metal surface and are thus accessible to push. Push in the tab on one end and lift the collar partially out of the hole, then push in the tab on one side. This enables you to remove the collar from the hole. You can see the tabs in the collar in the photo. I used a sharp scriber with a right angled bend in the end.
I cut the hose as close to the hatch as possible,on the inside of the trunk I dropped the rear of the roof liner an cut and unwound the black tape 4" from the hole in the steel and cut the air line 4" from the steel, I grabbed the air line with pliers and pulled the air line free.
Hi Dave, hadn't you replaced this hose once before? I thought I had read in a (long ago) thread that you replaced or repaired this rear hatch hose. Just wondering.. Great post for those who are having trouble with this leak!
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