A fellow member inspired this thread by asking how to open the rear lid during a power loss to power up his Carrera GT. I figured more may run into this so I took a few photos to better describe the procedure.

Hope this helps!


Go to the driver side rear wheel well



Between the rear most plastic portion of the wheel well liner and the rear bumper




Carefully pull back the upper outside edge of the wheel well liner



Look in, towards the back of the tail light. The emergency release cable has a loop fitted to the end



Use a pick tool to reach for the loop and pull the cable towards you



Second view, on a disassembled car for a better look



Viola!



When powering up the car, use these terminals only



Negative post machined into the passenger side of the transmission casing



Positive post under the red cover near the passenger side engine air inlet and relay box

 

Thanks Jimmy, such valuable info! I’ve always followed the instructions from the manual which is a pain in the A%#!!! This seems to be much quicker and easier.

 

#1039 looking good.