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Lift gate lock don't work

spiper

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I have a 91 XLT with power locks. My lift gate lock wont lock or unlock with the lock buttons or the key. I can hear the click inside the gate when I push the button. What am I looking for before I tear the gate apart?
 



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If you can hear it click then it might have come unloose or the cable (rod) broke. Just take the back cover off and check it out it isn't to hard to do.

Once you get it off just follow the rod that hooks to the lock down to the motor (activator) and see if anything is loose. If that is all hooked up then you might have a bad activator or whatever they call it.

 






O.K. I'm gonna go out and look at later this evening. It's too darn hot now!
 






Sometimes wiggling the outside handle will fix the problem. The handle has to be straight for the lock to work properly.
 






Originally posted by Crankcase
Sometimes wiggling the outside handle will fix the problem. The handle has to be straight for the lock to work properly.

Nope, tried that first.
 






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