Have you thought of this
Submitted: Thursday, Jan 06, 2011 at 16:58
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Member - Noel C (NSW)
Well I know we all carry tools, recovery gear, all sorts of things in case it all goes wrong and you can get yourself out.
I own a 100 series and have a drawer system and cargo barrier in the rear. I traveled on a few Kilometers of corrugations least week, (Nothing to brag about). When I went to access the rear a day later I could not open it!!!!
An item had managed to wedge itself on the latch preventing the door from unlocking hence opening. All my
tools everything was now lock up tight and i was Screw@@
Fortunately I was able (After many attempts) and using a broom handle via the cargo barrier to move the item hence unlock the back. Problem solved but raises two issues. If the back was fully loaded there would have been no way for me to move the item. If the unlocking mechanism vibrates looses thereby disabling the door the
tools are locked inside.
has this happened to anyone? What did you do? What preventions can be taken.
Reply By: The roadrunner - Thursday, Jan 06, 2011 at 17:16
Thursday, Jan 06, 2011 at 17:16
gday i have built my own draw system and have put a heavy duty hasp and padlocked it from the outside, to avoid problems like you have had
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Reply By: Baz&Pud (Tassie) - Thursday, Jan 06, 2011 at 17:18
Thursday, Jan 06, 2011 at 17:18
G'day Noel C
We have similar set up to you, was helping the Mother In Law move some stuff and had the back of the Cruiser chokers with box's, went to get them out and couldn't because they had moved backwards and locked the tailgate.
After a bit of thought drove down the street and hit the anchors in a big way so that the box's would move forward, then unlocked with the key.
Cheers
Baz
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Follow Up By: Member - Noel C (NSW) - Thursday, Jan 06, 2011 at 17:20
Thursday, Jan 06, 2011 at 17:20
I guess thats one way to do it lolol
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Reply By: Member - John & Sally W (NSW) - Thursday, Jan 06, 2011 at 17:27
Thursday, Jan 06, 2011 at 17:27
Hi Noel,
Yep, this has happened to us and also friends. Both cruisers. Bit of a design fault. We solved the problem by dismantling the rocker switch. The lock still works from the outside and the central locking does too. Solved the problem straight away.
Sally
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Follow Up By: Member - Noel C (NSW) - Thursday, Jan 06, 2011 at 18:28
Thursday, Jan 06, 2011 at 18:28
great sounds like the way to go
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Reply By: Kimba10 - Thursday, Jan 06, 2011 at 19:26
Thursday, Jan 06, 2011 at 19:26
Maybe take the rear door inner lining off and pull
the knob off that extends through the top of the door that way no way of it been pushed down and locking, should still lock ok with key or central lock button but wont be physically able to lock it from the rear by pushing down on the button as it wont be there !!!. If there is a rod conecting it to the button from the lock itself might pay to remove the rod as
well to stop it getting jammed on some thing. Do a
test run before putting inner panel back on the door. Regards Steve
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Follow Up By: Member - Noel C (NSW) - Thursday, Jan 06, 2011 at 19:43
Thursday, Jan 06, 2011 at 19:43
Good idea thx
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Follow Up By: Member - Graham H (QLD) - Thursday, Jan 06, 2011 at 20:22
Thursday, Jan 06, 2011 at 20:22
100 ser dont have buttons that you push down on any doors.
All have horizontal rocker switches.
Is a
well known problem with the rear tailgate.
A cover over it is the usual fix.
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Follow Up By: Kimba10 - Thursday, Jan 06, 2011 at 22:03
Thursday, Jan 06, 2011 at 22:03
Must be the same set up as my prado rear door, if thats the case just disconect the rod from the latch and the other end on locking mechanism should be sweet. Regards Steve
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Follow Up By: Member - Graham H (QLD) - Thursday, Jan 06, 2011 at 22:14
Thursday, Jan 06, 2011 at 22:14
Its the same with any cargo barrier
The load pushes the rocker in and as its smooth you cant hook it back out easily.
Especially if the load is higher than the lock and you cant even see it.
Not really a prob on a GXL as the central locking will unlock it except if the
load is resting hard against it.
In that case a fast stop as above would fix it
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Reply By: Robin Miller - Thursday, Jan 06, 2011 at 19:50
Thursday, Jan 06, 2011 at 19:50
Would never have a solid cargo barrier Noel - pluses and minus like most things , but for me the minuses are to many.
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Follow Up By: skulldug - Thursday, Jan 06, 2011 at 22:06
Thursday, Jan 06, 2011 at 22:06
Safety??
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Follow Up By: Bonz (Vic) - Saturday, Jan 08, 2011 at 21:20
Saturday, Jan 08, 2011 at 21:20
dug I think Robin means he would rather a mesh barrier than the poly carbonate solid ones
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Reply By: Plugga- Thursday, Jan 06, 2011 at 22:15
Thursday, Jan 06, 2011 at 22:15
Spent all day 4wding into
vic high country and arrived into camp just on dark in the rain. Went to open the back door but couldn't, after getting wet as went to drive along the wet track and only after about 10 attempts on the wet track finally managed to dislodge the bag from rear button that was causing the problem so by the time we got our tent up were wet as and in the dark
Rob
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Reply By: racinrob - Thursday, Jan 06, 2011 at 22:50
Thursday, Jan 06, 2011 at 22:50
Something the same happened to me a couple of years ago, the slide out pantry in my slide on camper became jammed shut by something wedged in there. This happened at, of
all places Dalhousie Springs on our way across the Simpson to
Birdsville.
We spent hours trying to dislodge whatever it was preventing the slide out opening and were considering a major cabinet demolition job or removing the fridge and making a hole in the dividing wall. At this stage we had resigned ourselves to having a diet of what ever food wasn't in there when a day or so later I tried it and it slid out, whatever was causing the problem had jumped back into place.
You laugh about it later.
Rob.
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Reply By: Ozhumvee - Friday, Jan 07, 2011 at 07:36
Friday, Jan 07, 2011 at 07:36
The best one we've ever seen was pop up camper on the rear of a truck. The raising mechanism was all electric/hydraulic andd was operated from a lockable box on the outside. When they went to operate it it tripped the cct breaker. Guess what, the cct breaker was inside the camper and inaccessible from the outside. There was no manual override and he had rung the manufacturer who was of no assistance and could only say" we've never had that happen before". When we left they were looking for a small teenager to climb on top, break the roofhatch and climb inside to reset the cct breaker.
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