Remote power locks & trunk release & alarm system

delphis · Post by **delphis** » Tue Feb 14, 2006 3:56 am

awesome thanks cliff!

TheGreatAndPowerfulOz · Tue Feb 14, 2006 5:33 pm

I took the door panel off the parts car and had a look at that door stopper thingy ... lol ... it doesn't look like it will be all that hard to remove so I'll go back outside after lunch and remove it.

TheGreatAndPowerfulOz · Sat Feb 18, 2006 9:50 pm

The power hatch release works!!!

The power lock actuators & wiring are installed, but I still have to install the remote receiver and alarm system unit to make it all work together.

I haven't forgotten about the door opener-stopper thingy ... I'll take some time tomorrow and remove it, clean & oil it and get it boxed up ready to mail out.

TheGreatAndPowerfulOz · Sun Feb 19, 2006 6:04 pm

*NOTE* When installing a power release solinoid in the hatch of a Lanos, unless you modify the connecting rod between the key and the latch, the solinoid can not pull the latch to release the hatch lid.

If you have only the solinoid to release the latch, then the key lock connecting rod must be disconnected, otherwise the key MUST be in the lock in order for it to turn, which moves the connecting rod and allows the latch to release. If the key is NOT in the lock, the rod can not move and the latch can not release.

What is needed if you want both the solinoid and the key to both work is a rod that still moves when you turn the key, but can also stretch so when the solinoid is activated, the latch can release.

I took out the connecting rod, cut it in half, used a short piece of stainless steel brake line as a tube, drilled, put a pin through and soldered the tube to the bottom half of the rod and filed them smooth. The pin is to keep the tube from coming off the rod. Crimping may work, but I did not try it.

Now, when the key is turned, the top half of the rod that is inside the tube pushes against the bottom half of the rod and the latch can release. Also, when the solinoid is activated, the bottom half of the rod can move down with the latch while the top half of the rod does not move.

Here are the 2 halves of the rod with the tube connected to one of the rods and the other rod just loose inside the tube:

Here are the 2 rods, one with the tube and the other by itself, just to show how they fit together:

chris2511 · Post by **chris2511** » Sun Feb 19, 2006 11:10 pm

Good Info Cliff, by the way when your online next can we organise you getting the soliniod for me?

Thanks man.

TheGreatAndPowerfulOz · Fri Mar 24, 2006 1:52 am

Since the weather let me have a warm day, I finished the power locks!

The lock switch is on the center console on the angled part next to the hand brake; I'll post a pic tomorrow in the day light.

When you lock or unlock with the key from outside the car, both doors lock or unlock.
When you use the lock knob on the door handle inside the car, both doors lock or unlock.
When you use the switch in the center console, both doors lock and unlock.

I will connect the locks to the alarm system when I install it so the doors will lock and unlock with the remote, and they will also lock when the car is started and unlock when the car is turned off.

Cliff

TheGreatAndPowerfulOz · Fri Mar 24, 2006 8:28 pm

lanos2001 · Post by **lanos2001** » Fri Mar 24, 2006 9:07 pm

i like the location of the button. you know if the factory put it there it would read the other way where it would be upside to you.

nick

JohnnyC · Post by **JohnnyC** » Fri Mar 24, 2006 9:18 pm

Yeah... definately a good choice on placement/direction

TheGreatAndPowerfulOz · Sat Mar 25, 2006 1:23 am

Thanks!

I figured the best way to install it was how I would actually look down to see it.
And yes, I figured if the factory had installed it there, it would be upside down. LOL

It's easy to reach and out of the way. Since it is on the angled part, it's not in the way of anything to be put on top of it.

mister_g · Post by **mister_g** » Mon Mar 27, 2006 11:00 am

Check out:

http://www.daewootech.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=6138

Mario · Post by **Mario** » Tue Mar 28, 2006 9:32 pm

Any idea where I could buy only the switch?

My Optra has keyless entry factory installed, but no central locking switch

Would be a great addition once wired into the keyless module right near the handbrake.

GM-DAT seems to think having the 3 other doors "slaved" on the driver knob is enough... but try locking doors while driving in unsafe neighborhood that way.

TheGreatAndPowerfulOz · Wed Mar 29, 2006 3:50 am

Mario wrote:Any idea where I could buy only the switch?

My Optra has keyless entry factory installed, but no central locking switch
Would be a great addition once wired into the keyless module right near the handbrake.

GM-DAT seems to think having the 3 other doors "slaved" on the driver knob is enough... but try locking doors while driving in unsafe neighborhood that way.

Here is the switch I bought:
http://www.a1electric.com/Merchant2/mer ... gory_Code=