What an idiot I am!

I got locked out of the car last year a mile from home at our village, i had put the key in the ignition but did not turn it the door closed and soon after it locked itself, i got some stiff wire and as the window was open enough pulled the keys out, so now there is a key box with a key from Timpsons fixed in a place i can reach.
 
Dogbrain said:
One of? :O
How many of them are there then?
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There are 5 microswitches within the driver’s door lock assembly, and 3 in all other locks.
Together, they provide door status information: open/closed, locked/unlocked, safed/de-safed.

Cheers,

Tom
 
timmus said:
There are 5 microswitches within the driver’s door lock assembly, and 3 in all other locks.
Together, they provide door status information: open/closed, locked/unlocked, safed/de-safed.

Cheers,

Tom
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Just out of interest Tom is there any sense in preventative work on these microswitches, soldering etc to enhance longevity, or is it just a case of waiting for them to fail. Interested to hear if you may be able to offer some kind of service for them. 🤔
 
Dave M said:
Just out of interest Tom is there any sense in preventative work on these microswitches, soldering etc to enhance longevity, or is it just a case of waiting for them to fail. Interested to hear if you may be able to offer some kind of service for them. 🤔
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I most definitely offer lock repair services. There was one week, whilst working from Ian @Proghound’s house in Leighton Buzzard, when I removed, repaired and reinstalled 26 A2 locks.
In my own workshop, the lock repair parts and tools are never out of reach, as it’s something I do so frequently.
As a general rule, the work is reactive rather than proactive; I repair the locks once they’ve gone wrong in some way. However, once I’ve removed a lock and have it in pieces, the whole thing is inspected and I do preventative maintenance throughout as well as fixing the immediate fault.
There’s no reason the preventative work couldn’t be done in isolation, but there’s an argument for not fixing what isn’t broken.

Cheers,

Tom
 
10-4 on that one.
What can I expect to find when I remove the lock from the door?
Are there any spring loaded or loose parts which I won't be able to put back correctly after disassembling?
I had experience like that on a Moto Guzzi motorcycle that I currently ride, still unsure that I put everything back correctly because there is no info to make sure. So now I am very cautious while setting foot to an unknown environment.
 
Dogbrain said:
10-4 on that one.
What can I expect to find when I remove the lock from the door?
Are there any spring loaded or loose parts which I won't be able to put back correctly after disassembling?
I had experience like that on a Moto Guzzi motorcycle that I currently ride, still unsure that I put everything back correctly because there is no info to make sure. So now I am very cautious while setting foot to an unknown environment.
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A cautious approach is to be commended, I think.
If you’re not familiar with the lock assemblies, then I would wholeheartedly recommend that you buy a replacement either as a back-up, or to learn on before dismantling the only ones you’ve got.
Yes, if you open the lock incorrectly, little parts will fall all over the floor and you’ll wonder how they ever all fit together.

Cheers,

Tom
 
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You can get a locksmith to come out and get the door open, without breaking anything. But they are quite expensive and mabe a window and 2nd hand repacement might be cheaper
 
Thanks for all the posts everyone and apologies for the very late response. I got the windscreen replaced in the end - had been wanting to for a long time, so happy to spend a bit of money to for something in return. i reconnected the battery and harmony was restored! bit of a nightmare and lesson learned. I brought a new battery, a Borsch from Tayna and a little 'dieter' is back on the road. The only other issue i had was removing the foam around the battary... it was stuck fast. I realised after removing it that the inside aluminium lining of the boot is buckled presumably after from a crash/ shunt from the back that the previous owner forgot to tell me about.
 
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will26 said:
Thanks for all the posts everyone and apologies for the very late response. I got the windscreen replaced in the end - had been wanting to for a long time, so happy to spend a bit of money to for something in return. i reconnected the battery and harmony was restored! bit of a nightmare and lesson learned. I brought a new battery, a Borsch from Tayna and a little 'dieter' is back on the road. The only other issue i had was removing the foam around the battary... it was stuck fast. I realised after removing it that the inside aluminium lining of the boot is buckled presumably after from a crash/ shunt from the back that the previous owner forgot to tell me about.
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Good to hear the positive result. Hope that the structural damage hasn't affected the overall true-ness of the spaceframe - that sounds like it should have been a category S at the least. Best of luck!

...a Borsch from Tayna

Good choice - they come recommended - some might say those batteries are Souper ;)
 
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