Recent content by joenineo

:D Brilliant! Nice one Mjd1. I'm very happy to see that my post has helped someone else out - especially the "no cost" aspect. Congrats. Kudus to fordfocus2003 though for his initial post, which gave me the incentive to post my own 'solution'. Joe

Ah!, but here's the best bit. Once I had done all of this I figured that there must be an even easier way in. I mean, why surround the latch mechanism with a steel plate. It's not supporting anything at all. In fact, it looks more of a hinderance than anything else .... UNLESS ... its...

As luck would have it, I was able to find a 2nd hand lock and latch mechanism from a Ford Focus Mark 1 at a local scrap yard. £15 later and I was inspecting the latch mechanism. My plan was to "destroy" this one in order to discover where the weak points were. However, first off I...

Fast forward with a lot of internet searching, talking to various mechanics and the local ford dealership (customer service and parts). Everyone told me the same thing: smash the front of the car to pieces!. I'm sure this sounds all to familiar to fordfocus2003. I thought about this. A...