Right, I have sucessfully fitted my remote central locking kit! It was fiddly for the first door, but after that I got the hang of it and flew through
This is all well and good, and is dead smart, but I am worried about the unit failing or the battery on my SJ dying and me not being able to get into the truck = not good
As a backup measure for the battery dying I'm going to run a positive cable down from the battery with a protective cap on the end that I could access from outside the car so I could put a jump lead on it and earth somewhere else just to get some juice to open the doors, but this wouldnt help me if the remote unit failed
So I still need a door lock and key!
I was at the scrap yard today looking at cars I could rob a barrel and key from, and came home with one from a Micra. At £5 for the set I thought it was worth a punt!
The barrel just fits in, and just touches the slider for the window, and I can connect it to the locking mechanism - and it works! however the key would only come out of the barrel in one position which was no good seeing as as soon as I turned the key back to take it out again the car would then be unlocked again.
So I modified the barrel slightly to allow the key to be removed in 2 positions, however these 2 positions are 180 degrees apart and the lock mechanism of the SJ wont move that far, so I need a barrel that only moves a quarter turn to operate and can take the key out in each position and not have to turn it back.
Or to somehow mod the micra barrel to allow me to remove the key in any position as this would then work!
Rambling on lol... hopefully someone will understand that!
