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| Divided he ad:
--- Quote ---Might have worked on one of the old sierra's or somthing --- End quote --- Hey.... Stop picking on me mota! :poke: Anywho, most Fords had/have electrical central locking fitted. (that actually had central locking fitted in those days) The way I heard this all those years ago was it would only work on the German stuff that was made with air actuated locking... VW, Audi etc. If you're going to test it it'll have to be on an old audi 80,100 or something close. A lot of the smaller cars back then hadn't got central locking fitted! Just what I heard.... Never actually tried it. Ralph. |
| Bluechip:
--- Quote from: Divided he ad on February 14, 2012, 07:59:10 AM ---The way I heard this all those years ago was it would only work on the German stuff that was made with air actuated locking... VW, Audi etc. --- End quote --- It's not the air actuated locking that gives grief, it's the air actuated not unlocking ... having gazed at the 'Empty Tank' light on my pisspot er Passat Estate for some 20 miles I decided it would be a good strategy to refuel. ( I'm pretty bright with technical things like that :thumbup: ) . In a fit of petulance the wretched car then denied me access to the filler cap... :bang: So, the RAC man then proceeded to oik out the panel and frig it, while I assisted by lavishing obscenities on the car, it's dealer, manufacturer, designer and anyone else that sprung to mind .. The car was taken in to be fixed under warranty, they refused as it had been errr 'tampered with' ... After a brief but intense exchange of views they decided to fix it anyway ... :lol: BC |
| HS93:
some fords UK, had a impact sensor in the front valance that would unlock the doors on impact , so some clever scallys would kick the spoiler on Parked cars and the Central locking would un lock all the doors, this was fixed on newer models, also on some of Ralph's favorite cars there was an impact sensor in the boot if you dropped the spare wheel back in it could trigger it and cut of the fuel pump , so you fix the puncture and you where still stuck , simple reset to get it going but you had to know about it. and yes I have heard about the tennis ball trick, was it on the Granada model in the UK the really ugly one. Peter |
| John Hill:
My stupid little truck, Australian Ford, has a 'clever' doohicky related to the central locking system. You might unlock the thing then climb in and put the key in the lock but nothing happens, then after about 30 seconds the doors locks and all electronics go into snooze mode. Apparently, the cunning lads who designed the thing decided that if the doors were unlocked then the doors not opened within 30 seconds everything would go back to the locked state as it must have been interference or something that had actuated the lock. The way they test for the doors being opened is by monitoring the current to the inside light. If that little light fails you cant start the damn thing. Clever eh? :doh: |
| WillieL:
You can use a tennis ball or you can use "the force", but both tricks work the same way. :beer: |
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