Glad to hear your in Jay.
Was waiting for some one to tell you to crank up the sub and blow your way through.....
Can you post up what happened to the lock when you get it fixed - may be helpful to others on this forum....
Yes, Andrew - cable or remote release very appropriate - I haven't done it - but if it fails like Jay's has..... think we still need to leave a "plan B" to get in ....
Others watching - please take note when fitting out boot interiors..... I've only ever had to do this once - a VC Valiant ..... boot full of camping gear/luggage - all had to come out through the back seat.....
Thanks Jay - thanks for the report and pix ....
frats,
Rosco
HELP!
ok well my lock fixed itself...
i took a trip to the shops across the park, rode past some girlies which was pretty distracting but went to a keymaker dude and he couldnt help me...
throughout my fiddling with the lock i figured out how it all worked, it was to do with the chamber not the actual latch mechanism...
some metal part was caught in it and it dropped out on the counter... then it worked perfectly!
but im going to leave my boot as it is
i took a trip to the shops across the park, rode past some girlies which was pretty distracting but went to a keymaker dude and he couldnt help me...
throughout my fiddling with the lock i figured out how it all worked, it was to do with the chamber not the actual latch mechanism...
some metal part was caught in it and it dropped out on the counter... then it worked perfectly!
but im going to leave my boot as it is
J, I would be a little concerned about it failing again ?
Bit's of metal falling out doesn't sound like a permanent fix, unless someone put an extra bit in.
It's like when I rebuilt and Austin 1800 motor many years ago. I had a lot of extra bits of metal left when it went back togther. It ran fine, but I don't know for how long. I assumed they were there to do something. Could have been gearbox parts. Never did get it back on the road.
On the "Back up option" of a remote opener. ??? I made an assumption, I don't have a sedan to try it on. But I have put an after market one on a Cortina I think it was. Or you could use the new remote wireless ones and possibly do the car doors and an alarm at the same time. I'll be putting it on my EK before it goes back on the road. Can't see that I can use a Tailgate opener/Lock because on teh wagon it is a manual handle, but anything is possible if you try hard enough (and modify)
I'll ask my son (Next time I see him) he does car stereo and alarm installs for Northfield. He'll be able to tell me what they can be fitted to.
Bit's of metal falling out doesn't sound like a permanent fix, unless someone put an extra bit in.
It's like when I rebuilt and Austin 1800 motor many years ago. I had a lot of extra bits of metal left when it went back togther. It ran fine, but I don't know for how long. I assumed they were there to do something. Could have been gearbox parts. Never did get it back on the road.
On the "Back up option" of a remote opener. ??? I made an assumption, I don't have a sedan to try it on. But I have put an after market one on a Cortina I think it was. Or you could use the new remote wireless ones and possibly do the car doors and an alarm at the same time. I'll be putting it on my EK before it goes back on the road. Can't see that I can use a Tailgate opener/Lock because on teh wagon it is a manual handle, but anything is possible if you try hard enough (and modify)
I'll ask my son (Next time I see him) he does car stereo and alarm installs for Northfield. He'll be able to tell me what they can be fitted to.
IT's LIKE WATCHING DRUNK MONKEYS TRYING TO HUMP A FOOTBALL.
Hmmm......
It might just be me, but I'd like to know where that part came from.
You've been into the boot through the back seat once now and the trip will probably be more of a nuisance than a mystery if it happens again....
From your pic, my suspicion (and I'm probably wrong) is the the "little metal thingy" is the key-hole cover - it's a spring loaded hinge and may very well have broken off and was pushed into the tumblers when the key was inserted - unfortunately, it's also made of stainless and a magnet wouldn't have drawn it out... another suggestion I forgot to make when you threw this post up.
It would explain the 2'O clock turn - they are very thin and will bend under the force of a key....
As a kid, when superglue first came on the market - older people used to "fix" local hoons by squirting super-glue in all key-holes then jam match sticks into them - thank goodness for acetone..... but it did get "respect" - young blokes traveled quietly around local streets ...... society looked after itself back then - cars seemed to only run into roadside "furniture", not end up in someone's bed/lounge room and, at the time - the law was allowed to act...... call me an old fuddy-duddy, Jay - but I really enjoyed that era....... this is where our cars "lived" their original lives....
Kindly let me know if your lock issue comes up again, Jay - by the sound of it, I'd be looking for another locksmith...
frats,
Rosco
It might just be me, but I'd like to know where that part came from.
You've been into the boot through the back seat once now and the trip will probably be more of a nuisance than a mystery if it happens again....
From your pic, my suspicion (and I'm probably wrong) is the the "little metal thingy" is the key-hole cover - it's a spring loaded hinge and may very well have broken off and was pushed into the tumblers when the key was inserted - unfortunately, it's also made of stainless and a magnet wouldn't have drawn it out... another suggestion I forgot to make when you threw this post up.
It would explain the 2'O clock turn - they are very thin and will bend under the force of a key....
As a kid, when superglue first came on the market - older people used to "fix" local hoons by squirting super-glue in all key-holes then jam match sticks into them - thank goodness for acetone..... but it did get "respect" - young blokes traveled quietly around local streets ...... society looked after itself back then - cars seemed to only run into roadside "furniture", not end up in someone's bed/lounge room and, at the time - the law was allowed to act...... call me an old fuddy-duddy, Jay - but I really enjoyed that era....... this is where our cars "lived" their original lives....
Kindly let me know if your lock issue comes up again, Jay - by the sound of it, I'd be looking for another locksmith...
frats,
Rosco