Quote Originally Posted by daytonagary View Post
I made a drawing of how I made the top pin pivot. Will get photos of it when I get in the garage and take it out of the deck lid next time. Used 1" x 1/8" steel plate to mount unit to deck lid. welded two 5/16" nuts vertical to this for the axle to swing in. the axle is a metric 8M nut with 5/16" round stock welded to each side to form the axle. Top pin screws into this metric nut and swivels perfectly for trunk to close and latch.
Thinking about this swivel mount, the only issue I see is my wife deciding to close the trunk, knowing that any portal closed is meant to be "slammed". Seems that a sharp downward motion might result in the pin swinging too far and missing the latch assembly. Maybe it can't swing that far?