Hello

 

i’ve some how buggered up my 12v cover in the boot and no longer swings back

 

can someone take a picture of theirs and upload it please? The bit I’m interested in is where the metal spring bit is meant to be

 

thanks

Edited 2 May, 20242 yr by Danoid

Here’s a picture of mine, forgot to add it earlier

 

 

see the metal spring at the bottom, that needs to clip into something but not sure what

The way i see it  The short protrusion at the top of the spring has come out of the little bit coming down from the top?

 

If you use long nose pliers to hold the longer protrusion of the spring away from the lid whilst positioning the top part of the spring back in, it will create the tension needed to spin the cover back closed.??????????

 

You might need three hands.

Edited 2 May, 20242 yr by Stonekeeper

4 minutes ago, Stonekeeper said:

The way i see it  The short protrusion at the top of the spring has come out of the little bit coming down from the top?

 

If you use long nose pliers to hold the longer protrusion of the spring away from the lid whilst positioning the top part of the spring back in, it will create the tension needed to spin the cover back closed.??????????

 

You might need three hands.

I think I get what you mean, I’ve not had a play because I didn’t want to somehow make things worse and hoping I can see someone else’s then hopefully it’ll make sense

4 minutes ago, Danoid said:

I think I get what you mean, I’ve not had a play because I didn’t want to somehow make things worse and hoping I can see someone else’s then hopefully it’ll make sense

 

My assumption is that it is the tension in the spring that has been lost. So if the short bit does "locate" in that little lug at the top. when it came out the spring would have spun.

 

The long bit at the bottom is too long to have moved in that way.

 

it is the only moving part in the fitting

 

Hopefully someone has a picture.

Edited 2 May, 20242 yr by Stonekeeper

Bottom tab is through that “slot”, yours probably needs the spring unwinding anticlockwise half a turn (looking down) to release some coil tension in order to pull the flat shut rather than push open?

Edited 3 May, 20242 yr by Shuggyboatsuperb

2 hours ago, Shuggyboatsuperb said:

Bottom tab is through that “slot”, yours probably needs the spring unwinding anticlockwise half a turn (looking down) to release some coil tension in order to pull the flat shut rather than push open?

Excellent thanks, this is going to be hard to fix I bet!

Now i have seen the "fitted" picture

 

Did you take the cover off then put it back on?

 

@Shuggyboatsuperb Does it go through a hole in the side of the ring around the socket.

 

That should be simple to put back.

Take the lid off, bend the bottom pin into the slot. poke it through hole then refit the lid.

Cover didn’t come off, but I must have pushed it back somehow when I had the fan plugged in so the cover was open as such