RazMan
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| posted on 12/7/10 at 01:21 PM |
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Central Locking Solenoid Ideas Please
Following on from a discussion I had this morning, I am looking for a particular type of central locking door solenoid - I say solenoid but it is more
of a geared sliding bolt. I think they might be used on late Ford Fiestas, Pumas etc and instead of an on / off actuation, they whizz a motor and
little gearbox, sliding a latch bolt thingy out of the housing into the bodywork.
This is for a gull wing door and my idea is to have two conical door latch bolts in opposition which have a mating recess in the door frame, really
pushing in tight and giving a firm fit with no slack.
Any ideas which model these are fitted to?
[Edited on 12-7-10 by RazMan]
Cheers,
Raz
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rf900rush
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| posted on 12/7/10 at 01:30 PM |
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Bought one from Maplin's many tears ago.
Still seem to sell them
LINKY
May do the job
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jossey
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| posted on 12/7/10 at 01:32 PM |
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i had a lambo murci replica and we used ford ones which i got off ebay. someone had said the ford ones are the best around and not too expensive.
i got them from a mondeo.
sorry if thats not specific enough but thought id mention what i found.
that had the lambo doors and seemed ok. only issue was i didnt get the wiring off it so had to solder around bits.
dave
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turbodisplay
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| posted on 12/7/10 at 02:32 PM |
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The vauxhall motors are quite good as are bmw.
The maplin motors burnt out on me so i`d avoid, especially if it renders the door unopenable if it fails.
Darren
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omega 24 v6
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| posted on 12/7/10 at 04:12 PM |
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Got some vauxhall ones here similar to your idea. U2U me if you need some pics or info.
If it looks wrong it probably is wrong.
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bi22le
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| posted on 12/7/10 at 05:20 PM |
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After market central locking kits are what you need.
Maplin do sell them but dont use them ones. They strip the gears too easily or burn out.
You can get HD central locking motors from a company called SPAR. We used them quite alot for all sorts and seemed to work well. They are basically
the same as what other people have said (ford, vauxhall) but they come with fitting kit \ bars which are really usefull if you are doing your own
thing.
Remember there are two types of motor for this application too.
1) A 2-wire motor. Plus and neg. One way for in and reverse for out, simples.
2) A 5-wire motor. This has the above plus outputs to a relay. You can then use two relays to produce the power for the other motors in other doors.
This one has to be used in the drivers door other wise there is no way of getting a signal to the other doors to unlock them.
Obviously if you are using an alarm or seperate central locking system you only need 2-wire.
HTH.
Bizz
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RazMan
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| posted on 12/7/10 at 08:58 PM |
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Thanks for the input guys 
Now that I know they are called central locking motors I have found all sorts of suppliers of them including hardware kits. It looks like I
will need a 5 wire + 2 wire on each door (one will run in parallel with the other) so I just need to find out the torque these things can produce as I
need a really tight fit - ideally stopping automatically when a certain level of torque is exerted, maybe a resettable fuse?
Cheers,
Raz
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