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The Father In Law's tailgate refused to open today.
Troubleshooting was complicated by a tonneau cover.
We could tell that the passenger side was unlatching, but the driver's wasn't.
Happily we figured out how to get past the cover and get it out the way without breaking anything.
Four screws to get the latch plate off and get at the guts.
What had failed was the little plastic retainer that holds the latch-rod to the latch, allowing said rod to fall off and not be actuated by the latch.
Marv had donated a spare latch back when he had the same model truck, so we swiped a retainer from that latch to replace the broken one and all is now well.
Half the time working with The FiL's truck I come back in cussing and Harvey was very confused that I was back in the house ten minutes after starting the project and all done without even screaming.
I think you can buy the little plastic retainers at AutoZone, but I've tasked Bubba to do it.
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