door locks

[Larry C Leung]

Wondered this myself. I know one lister thinks it's for the relative
quiet of these locks vs. the GM, et al, CLUNK. Then again, with all the
problems we have with our worn high milage wiring looms at the door
junctions, would you want even more things wire based?


LL - NY

On Tue, 15 Jan 2002 15:34:49 "Dave Pisciotta"
<dave_pisciotta at hotmail.com> writes:
>WRT the door locks discussion thread, does anyone know exactly why
>Audi,
>MBZ, et al chose to operate their power door lock systems via vacuum.
>It
>seems as thought the complexity and bulk of these systems could easily
>be
>alleviated with a simple solenoid operated system ala GM, etc.  Has
>anyone
>out there successfully converted to Solenoids?  Anyone want to
>speculate on
>the pros/cons.  Just food for thought.
>
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