[Bricklin] Door System Failure

Tue May 14 11:39:42 MDT 2013

Great; I would have contributed an idea, but they covered what I would have
suggested.  Glad you don't have to do the "B Crawl" for now!

Smoky P

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-----Original Message-----
From: bricklin-bounces at autox.team.net
[mailto:bricklin-bounces at autox.team.net] On Behalf Of Stephen Grant
Sent: Tuesday, May 14, 2013 11:45 AM
To: JLC; 'Rick at High Tech Coatings'; 'bl'
Subject: Re: [Bricklin] Door System Failure

VIN 1628s doors are now functional. Following the advice of Rick and John I
checked both lock switches but both worked.  Turned out to be a faulty
connection in the battery box - doors came to life with a shake of the
wires.  I will have to dive in there to check and clean all connections.

Steve

On 2013-05-14 12:38 PM, "JLC" <breton48 at live.com> wrote:

>Thanks, Rick.
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: bricklin-bounces at autox.team.net
>[mailto:bricklin-bounces at autox.team.net] On Behalf Of Rick at High Tech 
>Coatings
>Sent: Tuesday, May 14, 2013 8:55 AM
>To: bl
>Subject: Re: [Bricklin] Door System Failure
>
>try a car stereo place that does alarms, it is an old alarm key switch, 
>not sure if many places carry  them anymore.
>
>On 5/14/2013 10:01:41 AM, JLC (breton48 at live.com) wrote:
>> Good advice from Rick, and interesting timing:  yesterday as I came 
>> home my Bricklin doors would not open/close when I pressed the 
>> switches. The problem is a faulty outside lock switch, which 
>> sometimes works as intended, and other times cuts off the current in 
>> both locked and unlocked position. I'll take off the speaker and have a
look.
>> Could be a wiring problem, but if it is the 38 years old switch 
>> itself which is failing, where can I find a replacement?
>>
>> JLC
>> #2121
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: bricklin-bounces at autox.team.net 
>> [mailto:bricklin-bounces at autox.team.net] On Behalf Of Rick at High 
>> Tech Coatings
>> Sent: Tuesday, May 14, 2013 3:39 AM
>> To: bl
>> Subject: Re: [Bricklin] Door System Failure
>>
>> also check the outside lock switch, you can gain access to it by 
>> removing the driver side speaker, it should have power to one side if 
>> locked power
>to
>> both if unlocked On 5/13/2013 7:58:10 PM, Stephen Grant
>> (grants at unb.ca)
>> wrote:
>> > All door switches on VIN 1628 have stopped functioning.  Once last 
>> > fall and early this spring the switches failed but began 
>> > functioning a short period after.  I had assumed heat was causing a 
>> > transient problem.  Two years ago I
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