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Hi again
Only a little tip...as I said before, the whole procedure isnīt that complicated but I said also that I had to do it twice, this means that these wires LOVE to fail. In order to prevent this I rerouted the wires on my second repair procedure. I used the holes on both sides of the tailgate - where the little adjusting/retaining bolts are visible and routed the wires through them. Then I cut a hole into the headliner and drove the car to a shop where they sealed the edge of the holes with a kind of metal seal ring like on the trailer canvas securing holes - only a lot smaller. Then I reroute the wires through the holes in the headliner and connected them. Next step was to isolate the exposed wires. I bought a kind of rubber coating material which is in use for wire isolation in modern cars as well and pulled it over the tailgate wires to gain a somewhat "elegant" fit.
That solution worked absolutely perfect. I couldnīt guarantee that this will prevent failure of the wires again but removal of the entire tailgate will not be necessary again. THis will save lots of time and moreover the tailgate couldnīt get damaged - you could do lots of precautions but sh.. happens even though youīre working carefully :-)
By the way, I got this "wire rerouting" idea from the brickboard, unfortunately I donīt know who posted this topic but thanks a lot to who ever has created that idea!
Good luck again -- Ciao M.P.
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