Hey all,
I bought a new engine lid lock for my Beetle. It's a 3 screw like the old one, so it should have been a simple thing of swapping them over, right?
Well.... I took the old one off and put the new one on, it clips shut ok, opens fine, but you think it wants to actually lock with the key? No! 🙁
When the lid is open, the key locks it fine. When shut, the key won't lock. I put a couple of washers as spacers between the inside lock bit and the engine lid to see if that helps, and it doesn't. I noticed that the lock button sits out a bit further when the lid isn't shut... but when it's shut the button is in a bit and nothing I've tried makes it sit out that little bit so the key can lock.
Has anyone else swapped their original engine locks over for one with a key and had this happen? What did you do? What should I do?
PrettyBlueBug Almost over it...
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