I like to sleep in my foz. As you may know there is not a way to open the rear hatch door if the battery dies unless you push a small triangular tab to the right an inch or so. But since I have a raised platform in the boot at all times this is impossible, the small door that opens giving you access to the tab is out of reach from the inside for me.
^The hatch door with the main panel trim removed. There is a large hole to the right of the mechanism with 2 threaded holes at two corners. I used a spare piece of metal from a drawer kit that just so happened to have holes lining up with these threaded ones perfectly. Find a couple bolts to hold it in place and this is the base for a simple 90º pulley. I used a 1" square aluminum tube piece as a spacer that fits inside the circle and bolts into the free holes you see. I unfortunately didn't take a shot of the finished piece but I used a concave wheel from an old stroller for where the rope rests, just like a store-bought pulley wheel and it works fantastic. It spins freely and is attached at the center of the pieces already screwed in. The wheel is more in line with the triangular tab and not right against the wall with the treaded holes if that makes sense.
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I found a bolt that would screw into the triangular tab firmly without need for epoxy. Using a washer to keep the nylon rope from slipping off I tied a noose loop around the tab then fed it onto the pulley wheel.
Now for the only part you'll actually ever see. The handle and nylon rope I used was from a generic rip cord kit I found in the shears and clippers department of Wally World.
^This is how I trimmed the handle so part of it sits inside the panel as a "return" spot. I cut a small block of wood that I screwed into top of the trim where the handle sits. It has a hole going through it that nests the handle leg and the rope that goes through it.
For the last step just feed the rope as stated through the process (tied to the triangular tab, going through the highest hole in the hatch door metal above the pulley, thru the wooden block, thru the hatch trim ready to be put on, then fed into the handle) and tie a double overhand knot to use as a stopper for the handle. I made marks every inch or so on a spare length of the rope to measure how much would be used up in the knot to make it the exact length I wanted it to be. The trickiest part was I had to dismount the rope from the pulley in order to put it all together, but if you leave the bottom of the trim unattached it'll give you space to reach in and put it back on the wheel.
Outside view
