Re: alfa-digest V7 #1131 - Milano trunk cable tip

[AlfaNeely@domain.elided]

In a message dated 11/02/1999 12:36:04 AM Central Standard Time, 
owner-alfa-digest@domain.elided writes:

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 Date: Mon, 1 Nov 1999 20:04:41 EST
 From: Milanogold@domain.elided (Terry and Sharon Akins)
 Subject: Lazarus coming to life, parts needed,Milano trunk cable tips?
 
       Also, I need to see if anyone has a set of  turn signal lenses for a 
 Milano for sale.A friend borrowed my Alfie (87 Milano Gold,135k miles) and 
 one of the lenses fell off while he was enjoying it. Did they come in amber 
 as well as clear? >>
    I have a set on my Milano parts car.  However, if I used those, I would 
not have them.  I ended up ordering one from IAP for my daily driver.  Cost 
about $38 plus shipping, but my parts car is still intact! 

<<      Finally, does anyone know how to replace the trunk lid release cable 
on 
 a Milano?Mine finally snapped,and I couldn't find the replacement procedure 
 in the factory manual.The emergency pull string doesn't thrill me;it reminds 
 me of the pullstring on a See N Say toy.I figure it's only a matter of time 
 before it snaps.>>
    This is not the answer to your question, just a suggestion.
    Remove the license plate and all the supporting items behind it.  Look 
inside the trunk and drill a 1/2 inch or smaller hole in the sheet metal 
between the taillights such that a screwdriver through the hole will hit the 
release lever.  Then replace everything, secure in the knowledge that when 
both cables break, you will have a way into the trunk!
    On my Milano, both cables did not break at once.  The latch bolts worked 
loose such that neither the normal or the emergency cable did anything.  The 
screwdriver hole would have vastly superior to what I did to my poor Milano 
to get in to it.  The trunk still does not fit quite right.
Ciao,
Russ Neely
Oklahoma City

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