Hi,
New (old) boy here wiith an RS1800 in a posh frock. Yes, it's a kit car, a Quantum H4i, built on a 1994 XR2 Si but since its build in 2001,
it's grown an RS-spec Zetec. The rolling road printout that came with the car says 143 bhp.

I'm here because of problems with my boot lock, which is the Tibbe kind.

The lock and key are badly worn, so badly that at one point, I was convinced I'd never get the boot open again. After a zillion tries, I got
it open so the boot latch is currently off the car..

After stripping the lock, I got a set of three new locks (ignition, doors and tailgate lock), all of which work off the same key. The snag is that the tailgate lock
was very different from my old boot lock.

OK, now I'd like to have all my locks working off the same key so I got a genuine Ford lock repair kit. here are some pics of where I am...

Thumb latch casting with barrel.

The lock cylinder with the old key and wafers (tumblers).

So far, I've mamaged to read thekey code (I think). If any one os good at reading them, I could
send a pic privately but it isn't too smart to show it on here.

I've found some You Tube videos and web guides but none of the locks shown are teh same as mine.

Where I'm coming unstuck is the way that the hardware goes back togther on the side that lives inside the boot.
There's spring that returns the lock to its zero position, a black plastic job that engages with the spring and a white Nylon
actuator arm. So, I'm here to pick brains.

Fingers crossed time,

David