What is the cover located above the rear axle in the trunk for and what can be repaired or checked there?

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#1 What is the cover located above the rear axle in the trunk for and what can be repaired or checked there?

Post by PierreW » Mon Jun 30, 2025 5:16 pm

All is in the title: For S1 OTS 3.8l
What is the cover located above the rear axle in the trunk for and what can be repaired or checked there?
If anything can be done through this hole......
Jaguar MK2 1967 since 1980
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Lotus Seven 1963 since 2015
XKE S1 1964 OTS since 2023

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#2 Re: What is the cover located above the rear axle in the trunk for and what can be repaired or checked there?

Post by mgcjag » Mon Jun 30, 2025 5:50 pm

Handbrake adjustment...see service manual..or just remove cover and have a look..Steve
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#3 Re: What is the cover located above the rear axle in the trunk for and what can be repaired or checked there?

Post by PierreW » Tue Jul 01, 2025 10:07 am

It's so stuck that I didn't want to do unnecessary damage just to see what use it had. Thanks
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