[V8] My car scared the $$%# out of me!

[NIck Miller]

Well, that's the weird part.  The lock mechanically looks all good,
everything is hooked up.  If I get out of the car, I can lock everything
from the drivers door, but literally I put the key in and unlock it, it
opens and then it closes on its own via the vac pump.  Quirky stuff.

Ed says that I can also operate the windows and sunroof from the lock I've
gotta try that out that sounds fun.

Other than that, this is a huge array of features I'd never seen before.
I'm sort of giddy about it all.  The 91 actually has a little rod that locks
the gas cap door, not the key portion of the gas cap.  So you can't open the
door when all the locks are rolled.  I figured out the trunk too, like you
said.  Pretty crazy.

I think I actually know the problem, there was one wire that was cut from
the CLP wiring and run to the battery by the PO(s) and he never had a
locking pump in there.  I'd bet that is the one for something to do with the
alarm so he could start the car.  Probably also has to do with the drivers
door lock.

I can unlock everything from the passenger door, but the passenger door
won't lock everything like the drivers door.

I'm still pretty psyched about the interior lighting working with the door
switches now, that's awesome.  All 5 come on at night, love it.


Any idea's about how to test the Heated Locks and heated door rear view
mirrors?  I think the drivers heated door lock still works cause I used it
last year, but never tried the other one, which I might need if i don't
figure this drivers door lock thing out.

On Tue, Aug 24, 2010 at 11:59 AM, Tony and Lillie <
tonyandlillie1 at earthlink.net> wrote:

> I believe there is a microswitch in the vacuum locking mechanism of the
> drivers door that may be broken/disconnected for the alarm.
>
> Does the drivers side unlock the rest of the car as well? If not, it's a
> broken linkage to the locking mechanism. That's what engages the rest of the
> doors to unlock.
>
> The gas cap just works with the key, the trunk locks and unlocks with the
> doors when the key slot of horizontal. It's locked with the key slot in the
> vertical position, and then if you turn the key to the right from vertical,
> and push in, that also will open it.
>
> Tony
> ----- Original Message ----- Subject: [V8] My car scared the $$%# out of
> me!
>
>
>  So I bought it and put it in the car.  First time driving with it I played
>> with the locks and it was cool, they work and all.   So I get where I'm
>> going and I turn the car off and the courtesy lights come on!  That's
>> never
>> happened before, because they go through the Central Locking Pump which
>> was
>> not installed.   That trips me out.  Get out of the car and lock it, and
>> the
>> radio turns back on!  Oh crap.  It is on a relay for the door switches
>> which
>> hold power for a bit after power down. So I locked the car and then tried
>> to
>> unlock it at the drivers door, but it would lock itself after i took the
>> key
>> out.  So I just held it over and opened the door and the alarm went off.
>> Hah, and I couldn't get it off at the drivers door.  I used the key in the
>> passenger front door and that turned the alarm off.   Something weird
>> about
>> the key with the drivers door.  Are they chipped or is something amiss?
>>
>> Man that was a fun few minutes too.  Oh, also, how does the locking of the
>> trunk and the gas cap work from the drivers door?  I think that's part of
>> the setup?
>>
>
>