Tourer Tailgate switch not working - Page 2

Mick Brownhill · 22nd March 2023, 10:30

I have followed the info and directions. The 4 torx screws are not accessible from the inside. There is no way I can get any tool into the torx screws that hold the cover in place to get at the switch. Can they be tapped out from inside? Otherwise, how is it done?

Mick Brownhill · 22nd March 2023, 10:48

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Guys this is the screw I cannot move to take off the plinth

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Matt_75 · 22nd March 2023, 11:27

It's hard to tell from the photo but it looks like a security/anti-tamper torx screw. If it is, you need a hollow torx bit like these: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/161525803...mis&media=COPY

Is that what you're using?

Mick Brownhill · 22nd March 2023, 15:05

Hi Matt

No, need to source the hollow torx keys. Appreciate the help.

Yorkshire GOC · 22nd March 2023, 17:11

Before you do all that i would try the following - remove the rubber grommet in the handle and insert a screw driver into the handle mechanism - i have done this twice when the tailgate would not open - jiggle the screw driver around and hopefully you will hear a set of clicks - this is the lock resetting itself and on both occasions that sorted the tailgate. Remember to carefully reset the grommet.

22nd March 2023, 10:30	#11
Mick Brownhill Regional Secretary, Yorkshire & North Lincolnshire 75 Saloon Join Date: May 2022 Location: Sheffield Posts: 350 Thanks: 119 Thanked 52 Times in 28 Posts	Tailgate switch I have followed the info and directions. The 4 torx screws are not accessible from the inside. There is no way I can get any tool into the torx screws that hold the cover in place to get at the switch. Can they be tapped out from inside? Otherwise, how is it done?

22nd March 2023, 10:48	#12
Mick Brownhill Regional Secretary, Yorkshire & North Lincolnshire 75 Saloon Join Date: May 2022 Location: Sheffield Posts: 350 Thanks: 119 Thanked 52 Times in 28 Posts	Tailgate not working <a href='https://www.the75andztclub.co.uk/forum/vbimghost.php?do=displayimg&imgid=30600' border=0><img src='https://www.the75andztclub.co.uk/forum/imagehosting/thum_46210641aea24ef120.jpg'></a> Guys this is the screw I cannot move to take off the plinth [url='https://www.the75andztclub.co.uk/forum/vbimghost.php?do=displayimg&imgid=30600'][/url Last edited by Mick Brownhill; 22nd March 2023 at 10:49.. Reason: Added photo

22nd March 2023, 11:27	#13
Matt_75 Gets stuck in 75 Saloon Join Date: Apr 2022 Location: North Somerset Posts: 587 Thanks: 13 Thanked 20 Times in 8 Posts	It's hard to tell from the photo but it looks like a security/anti-tamper torx screw. If it is, you need a hollow torx bit like these: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/161525803...mis&media=COPY Is that what you're using? __________________ Matt 2001 Rover 75 Connoisseur SE 2.5 (BRG) 1999 Rover 75 Club 2.5 (Dorchester Red) 1973 Triumph Dolomite (Honeysuckle)

22nd March 2023, 15:05	#14
Mick Brownhill Regional Secretary, Yorkshire & North Lincolnshire 75 Saloon Join Date: May 2022 Location: Sheffield Posts: 350 Thanks: 119 Thanked 52 Times in 28 Posts	Tourer tailgate switch not working Hi Matt No, need to source the hollow torx keys. Appreciate the help.

22nd March 2023, 17:11	#15
Yorkshire GOC I really should get out more....... Rover 75 connoisseur se v6 auto Join Date: May 2014 Location: Hull Posts: 2,082 Thanks: 1,842 Thanked 623 Times in 469 Posts	Before you do all that i would try the following - remove the rubber grommet in the handle and insert a screw driver into the handle mechanism - i have done this twice when the tailgate would not open - jiggle the screw driver around and hopefully you will hear a set of clicks - this is the lock resetting itself and on both occasions that sorted the tailgate. Remember to carefully reset the grommet. __________________ She came off the Longbridge Line on 20-05-2003 The Silver Machine was the 13th of 160 Rover 75's to come off the production line that day and is the 100th of 527 Starlight Silver Rover 75 2.5 V6 Connoisseur SE Auto saloons listed in the build records produced world wide. Last edited by Yorkshire GOC; 22nd March 2023 at 18:12..