IMA lid won't close all the way

[GuySmily]

The little tab next to the kill switch seems to be keeping the IMA lid from closing. Am I doing something wrong?

You can see that this bolt hole is lining up correctly:


But the lid is floating at the rear (near the hatch)


The lid is supposed to tuck UNDER the cross beam behind the seats, right? I'm pretty sure that I had to slide it out from there when I started.

[Willie Williford]

Turn your IMA switch off.

Willie

[aisbell]

Looks normal to me. If the bolt hole in the tab lines up, then the cover is in the correct position. You might need to push the rear of the cover down a bit to make the bolt holes in the rear of the cover line up correctly. It looks like in your second photo that the rear bolt hole on the left is almost lined up. The gap that you illustrated in the second photo won't disappear when the cover is correctly installed.

[GuySmily]

The rear bolt hole is probably 1/2 to 3/4" from lining up. I can force the gap to disappear (closing the distance between the red lines) by forcing the lid down, but I have to put a LOT of force on that tab / against the switch area. It's clearly bending the hell out of that thing when I push it down that far.

I don't remember the lid springing up that far/hard when I first removed it, but maybe that's because it's been a few weeks. If I really have to smash it down that hard to bolt it shut, I can do that.

edit- Also, the switch is now off. Thanks for the safety reminder.

[Need4Speed]

Over or under the cross bar? Check for bolt wear marks on the cover and cross bar to see where the bolts originally made contact.

[GuySmily]

Lid visible bolted down under the cross bar in this photo, stolen from Jeff's site.

[AbCaRed00]

From photo's i have of my vehicle the lid fits under as well: both from round marks on the bulkhead's holes; and seeing the bulkhead and cover attached in an initial photo is plain.

As to the bend, I wonder if the small bolt [opposite the red capped on/off switch] is actually underneath the tab on the cover now, as shown in the first picture and what is seen is a slot set overtop.
In this pic linked here from my vehicle prior to opening the IMA cover the small bolt can be seen sticking out outside of the cover.
It's not seen sticking out in your picture of the switch.
In the first picture it looks like the surface is flush and something with a yellowish cadmium coating that has about 120 degree angles is behind the hole opposite the switch.

[Need4Speed]

Does the bolt hole at the switch line up properly?

Also, did you get the styrofoam installed correctly? I seem to recall when I had mine opened up that the styrofoam looked correct but was not all the way in properly.

[Willie Williford]

If I remember right, when you get the cover to the position shown, you may have to "wiggle" the cover to get it past the tab of the horizontal bolt, by the switch. (To the left) If it is on all the way, the IMA switch should be porotruding, not recessed.
And yes, the foam can keep the cover lifted.

HTH
Willie

[GuySmily]

The tab must be in the right position, since the bolt hole lines up. tt's almost as if the whole switch/battery box/etc is too high.

I'll go take another look when I get back home.