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Old 09-02-2020, 04:48 PM
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Originally Posted by AuSeeker View Post
Yes it would be nice to have manual way to open the hatch without having to remove anything, but trying to do this electrically with an outside power source is going to back feed and send power backward through the rear body ECM and no telling where else and could possibly do damage to some expensive electrical devices, not worth it IMHO, I would much rather go through the trouble of removing the hatch cover and move the levers.
You could do it with relays so the body ECM is out of the loop when using a battery. Fun thing to try if you have time to burn.

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Originally Posted by randy88fj62 View Post
Took some time yesterday and too the back hatch cover off. Then I located the release lever and tied some cord to it.

I then assembled everything leaving the cord peaking through the small access hatch. I taped the cord to the cover so it won't interfere with anything and that should get me by until I can fabricate some kind of handle for the inner door.
That is a simple but effective way to do what you want.
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