You should be able to recreate the whole cable with bits from a bicycle shop.
You should be able to recreate the whole cable with bits from a bicycle shop.
TL & TW don't have a boot key
If it's the same lock as the TJ they have a lock button inside the boot (which is stupid) sometimes this lock can be moved to the lock position and NOTHING will open the boot unless you can get a long pole/ broom handle into the boot from behind the back seat and move the little button to unlock. The lock motor will sound but nothing will happen. There should be a larger panel you can remove behind the seat back-remove the rear seat and undo the screws, this will allow a much larger area to get into the boot. Hope it works
The not-so-stupid idea is that you switch this little white lever to "lock", then lock the glovebox with your key. Then give whoever next drives the car the "valet" key that originally came with the car. This can start the car, but not open the glovebox or open the boot.Originally Posted by Custom Magna LE
This way, you can get your car serviced but your preciouz stuffz in the boot - tools, drugs, scuba gear, guns, whatever - is safe from prying eyes and sticky fingers.
Valet key was a different colour I think, never seen one though.
EDIT: in short, if you put the boot lock on, the glovebox switch should normally still open the boot but the key won't work in the boot lock.
Last edited by MadMax; 19-02-2015 at 10:20 AM.
Do they have the cable lever on the floor next to the driver and switch in the glovebox?
"Valet key was a different colour I think, never seen one though"
The one I've got is grey.
Yes, that is it! I was thinking a lighter colour than the normal key.
I've bought a number of Mitsus over the decades, never got the grey key - do people throw them away or something?
Last edited by MadMax; 19-02-2015 at 11:03 AM.
TL s don't have the little white locking latch
Maybe they lose them, the guy I bought this car from had the grey one and 11 normal black keys, he told me he bought a new key whenever he had some extra cash, a bit odd I thought but then I also do strange things.
Hi, my boot also wouldn't open with the key and glove box button and found the cable had snapped. I purchased a tandem pushbike bike gear cable online for $10, removed the old cable and installed the new cable. Note, A normal bike gear cable is not long enough, you need just over 3 metre gear cable. And don't buy a brake cable, they'll be too thick for the cable outer. You'll also need to purchase a cable end like the item below:
https://www.bicycle-engines.com/bras...screw-part-31/
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