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Post by dhw3971 Tue Sep 10, 2024 11:00 am

Fellow wagoneers: after years of gradually worsening, the electric tailgate release has stopped working correctly. It now only releases half-way and requires the key to fully unlock and open. I've examined it in the past but can't see a way to make adjustments...does anyone know how?
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Post by 76Chevelle2Tone Tue Sep 10, 2024 12:10 pm

dhw3971 wrote:Fellow wagoneers:  after years of gradually worsening, the electric tailgate release has stopped working correctly.  It now only releases half-way and requires the key to fully unlock and open.  I've examined it in the past but can't see a way to make adjustments...does anyone know how?

There is a NOS power gate assembly on fleabay now.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/375224939055?fits=Year%3A1977%7CModel%3AMalibu&_nkw=1977+77+++malibu+nos+wagon+gate&itmmeta=01J7EB5N0ZRNNDC19NSJJ7NFAE&itmprp=enc%3AAQAJAAAA4HoV3kP08IDx%2BKZ9MfhVJKnYhoETWzWE8jgWSACpH2QZy%2Fn9NUYH9Cnge2cKNNonnSP5t74ZvswlZ8L7nBYm6d730Kfbpo484JMWb06bPHn1vIMDVynGwDT0P2ah4OBehnsBtf2F%2FOYyo9n5jMZz%2Bxnz%2FwW88Ggybgy53Hc9AXXGvhmt62MsJjmx7yxdrIG77nqbGxIzns89jX1bXba6pbyzJo9TXR9%2Fixuuj63UpQhj3mnbl0peEHPRhftn9sdS06gLFvEQ1t0MWwX8hHt5cGDw6td32YmxNLAujyOVZzzm%7Ctkp%3ABk9SR8jQlsu7ZA


https://www.ebay.com/itm/302780836231?_nkw=1977+77+++malibu+nos+wagon+gate&itmmeta=01J7EB5N0ZBBXEBQBXPDD3BZWR&itmprp=enc%3AAQAJAAABAHoV3kP08IDx%2BKZ9MfhVJKksOuLW5QE3O8xlDgwNyue6LSt07jz2bF1xENUvot7QL4yhFkHqgcBn2Rmn2JrJgjayFls4JQUb1uzbKWzqXwzREmMAIx8xsXL7Htj2w6%2BkXa0kucPMJDYqEnnqFptA0WG4WTnx5WWQr%2BCoO%2Bd7fg3MJbcCcIeqpl5iKMYwhT6K7qt3GvtdYUdmylAz%2Fl10A9IhQXZ807tKMZeIBlrg%2BQnwQuxVk%2FSVB35XStLuVh5suj3Dp6SJMhaEOhNYciWCZyCd64Ig%2FNceTBySVbRcWCOTVBL%2FSVa1MVlJ3VMfI1U6VwOh0EnkZ%2B5EiziZLheGuHQ%3D%7Ctkp%3ABk9SR8rQlsu7ZA
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Post by dhw3971 Wed Sep 11, 2024 9:53 am

great! thanks for the tip! With luck, replacing that solenoid will be all that's required.
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Post by bucket Sat Nov 23, 2024 8:28 pm

Mine kind of does the same thing, although the solenoid is plenty powerful. I simply trigger the release switch a second time and the hatch will fully release.

I looked into the issue a few years ago, but my memory is foggy. I do believe I determined that the hatch didn't have enough "spring" to it when initially opening, so the latch wouldn't fully release because the striker was still pushing on the latch.

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