Door Lock Actuator Source

[Roa, Greg]

This will work fine for Mr. Bowles, but for your coupe, and for the 4kq's, you still haven't solved the problem that I mentioned before.  You still have nothing in your driver's door to pull the lock closed.  The device is made to control the later electronic and vacuum systems, like the one in the 93-95 90's, the 200's and maybe some of the 5k's (and of course the A series cars).  Those systems had a an actuator installed in the driver's door, as well as the other doors, which would lock the driver's door via a remote, or a central locking button.

The type 85's did not have an actuator in the driver's door though.

Like I said before, and Marc noted, the piece in the driver's door is basically a sender.  It tells the vacuum pump to run, and lock the other doors.  The driver's door must be locked mechanically, with a key, or with a push to the lock pin.  The way to make a system work with keyless entry on your car, is to install an actuator of some sort, and have a remote entry system that is capable of powering that actuator which is the system you pointed out.

If you had a newer Audi, that had a true central locking system that could lock the driver's door on it's own, then you could use a very simple system like the one at JC Whitney.  It simply has a power lead that activates an existing locking system.  It will switch between a vacuum system and an electronic system by changing the length of the pulse.  The vacuum systems usually get a three second pulse, and the electronic systems get about a one second pulse.  If you install an actuator in the driver's door of your coupe, you would hook up the remote unlock box to work with an electronic system.  The box will send a one second pulse to the actuator, which will pull the lock pin down (just like you were turning the key in the door).  The sender will then turn on the vacuum pump, and close the other door (or doors, if it is a 4k).

Go to www.partsexpress.com and do a search for actuator  The first one that pulls up is a good example of what you will need to install in the driver's door in order to have any system like you want.

Greg Roa
86' 4kcsq (with a viper alarm, and driver's door actuator)
93' 90 CS (with remote locks using the existing system)
83' 944  (with viper alarm and actuators on both doors)


>Subject: RE: Door Lock Actuator Source
>Date: Fri, 21 Jun 2002 09:48:46 -0400
>From: <David.Ullrich at ferguson.com>
>To: <zaphod at cansafe.com>, <JeffNYC77 at aol.com>, <quattro at audifans.com>
>
>Looks like we might just have found a way to add keyless entry to 4k & CGTs without much >hassle. Check it out at http://www.jcwhitney.com/SearchCatContainer.jhtml?_requestid=9831>

>Dave
>
>Too Many Toys:
>2002 VW Jetta GLS 1.8T Tiptronic
>1993 RX-7 R1
>1987.5 Audi Coupe GT "Special Build" 2.3 - Anthracite Black
>1985 Chevy Impala Interceptor
>Former:
>1981 Audi 4000 5+5
>1982 Audi Coupe
>1988 Audi 90 Quattro
>1998 VW Passat GLS 1.8T
>
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Greville H. Bowles [mailto:zaphod at cansafe.com]
>Sent: Friday, June 21, 2002 8:57 AM
>To: JeffNYC77 at aol.com; quattro at audifans.com
>Subject: RE: Door Lock Actuator Source
>
>
>A copy of the JC Whitney catalogue arrived yesterday. In it there is a
>keyless entry system for $30 US that is said to work with the vacuum door
>locks of Audi's and VW's. I plan to get 1. I believe the SKU # is 47ZX8506T.
>
>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>Mr. Greville H. Bowles
>RR 5, Rockwood, Ontario CANADA
>Phone: (519) 856-0213
>E-mail: zaphod at cansafe.com
>'95 90Q
>'85 245 DL
>'83 GS650GL