Rear Latch Help

Here you go. More importantly what does the catch on the deck lid look like?

Thanks! I think the striker looks pretty good. The latch clearly isn’t retaining the striker well. After it latches, I can lift on the right corner and it pops out of the catch. I had some serious downforce with the rear lid open on the way home. 🤣

Do you feel like the two are properly lined up?
You can certainly move the catch a bit…

Rocky

Marlinjack, early cars have a different latch than yours

Shashi, take a Closer Look at the 'Mating', from the Side View, with the Lid Almost shut. You'll need a Flashlight.

Also, Looking Close at the CLAW on Your Latch, a 'Incline' has Been warn on the Underside, that Biases it to Move Reward, causing the Lid to Release, by Its Own Pressure and Vibration/Movement! A few Minutes with a 'Rat-Tail' File would Correct the Problem

MJ

With the deck lid closed you may be able to get a boroscope up there to determine what's going on.

Thanks, everyone. I have a boroscope I purchased, but haven’t had the opportunity to use yet, which will need to be put to use this weekend.

As a side note,  have one other major issue (charging issue) I need to figure out with this car before I can confidently take it out without having to call my pit crew (aka pissed off wife) to come and jump me. 😀

FWIW, 15+ years ago my 1st P-car died in a city 1 hour away, a charging issue  A shop owner who knows me from my town had gone there and happened by returning from Christmas shopping, recognized the car.  He had a battery pack we plugged on, told me to follow him, I kept headlights off.  Got back home, barely.  Eventually found it to be a loose wire in a crimped terminal @ voltage regulator.  Probably today's battery packs are better still.  Something to consider.  I think we were both amazed.

Thanks. Yeah, I will be carrying a battery pack with my prospectively. And I agree, the tech in the new packs are excellent.

I had this same problem if I didn't lock the latch.  Once I made it a habit of locking it, I've never had the problem again.

All the decklids move around while driving and the die-cast mystery-metal hooks wear. I lost my lid due to this so I used a rat-tail file without disassembly to make a more hook-like latch, and a slightly stronger spring from the hardware store. Lessee, that was in 1988 or so?

@bosswrench posted:

All the decklids move around while driving and the die-cast mystery-metal hooks wear. I lost my lid due to this so I used a rat-tail file without disassembly to make a more hook-like latch, and a slightly stronger spring from the hardware store. Lessee, that was in 1988 or so?

Adjust for removed metal and add a dab of grease…

Looks like it was just an adjustment issue. I adjusted the right knob and voila, it didn’t pop open at every bump. Cool beans.