[deuce lover]

I just looked at my 5w deck id and there is factory bracing that angles up from the bottom edge of the lid itself.Then there is a notch that the pawl slides in when in the locked position.Your lid might have been converted from a trunk to a rumble so that bracing would not be there.You might have to take a short piece of tube stock and slide it between the skin of the lid and the latch itself.