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L-series central locking
Posted: Wed Nov 30, 2005 10:49 pm
by Alex
Hey guys
got a 90 subie L-series wagon, which i wanna put central locking into, i have tried before but there aint enuf space to fit the motor thingy's in.
Has anyone put it in before, and how did they do it?
Posted: Wed Nov 30, 2005 11:23 pm
by Fang
Yup - and it involved some grinding/cutting. An absolute mongrel of a job - had wires going all over the car - even have my hatch as an actuator.
We grinded/cut - then we screwed the actuator in. Some of those remote pulling/pushing arms were at some crazy angles! We also used silastic on the body of the acutators/slave units to stop rattling.
They won't simply bolt in - and they tell you dont do the arms at weird angles. You have no choice really but mines been working well for over 6 months now.
Posted: Thu Dec 01, 2005 7:13 am
by Guest
The best way to do it would be to scrounge a wreckers for a set of GL central locking actuators. Very easy to fit, just clips and a few screws.
Posted: Thu Dec 01, 2005 7:16 am
by smoov
Touring Wagons also have central locking.
Posted: Thu Dec 01, 2005 10:50 am
by Suby Wan Kenobi
I mounted the motors on an aftermarket central locking kit on the diagonal that the hand controls run to the locking mechanism, there is enough room to mount them on all doors there
Posted: Thu Dec 01, 2005 2:50 pm
by mattims
i mounted mine in a 92 L series without any griding/cutting. Only needed to drill 2 holes. I will get some pics for you if you want. Had to make some nicely bent bits of rod to actually connect to the lock but that was it.
I did not mount the actuator in line with a rod in the car as suggested by the kit instructions. I mointed it point basically straight up and down and hooked the rod directly onto the locking mechanism (there was a little look that looked like it was made for it). The actuator ended up being quite low in the door (about the level of the base of the window when fully down) and there was enough space in between the inner door frame and the window mechanism.
Let me know if you want some pics and ill pull the door skins off and show you what i did.
Posted: Thu Dec 01, 2005 6:40 pm
by Fang
Hmm - there was no way we were going to get the kit I bought in without cuttings ours - Mine was a quality $35 effort.
Posted: Thu Dec 01, 2005 9:22 pm
by mattims
mine was only $50 .. from jaycar .. not sure if thats a wa only store or not
Posted: Thu Dec 01, 2005 9:26 pm
by Fang
Nah Jaycar is over here too. I guess there are just different sizes etc. I was being sarcastic about the "quality" bit. I think the brand name was something corny like "Steal mate"
Posted: Thu Dec 01, 2005 11:14 pm
by Alex
ok cheers fellas, sum pics would be very nice, if it aint too much trouble!!
thanks
Posted: Fri Dec 02, 2005 10:16 am
by mattims
ill take some pics for you on saturday.
Posted: Mon Jan 30, 2006 6:15 pm
by Chris_Rogers
smoov wrote:Touring Wagons also have central locking.
and its a HELL of a lot easier to swap them over rather than doing the force it to fit idea. the switch the the drivers door is the only part that goes bad in them
done a few L series sedans that way. get the windows whilst you are at it.