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central locking the sliding and back doors of a kombi?
baybuscamperkid - July 13th, 2004 at 08:09 PM

ok, i htink i can fgure out the front ones pretty easy, but what about the sliding and rear doors in a kombi. how do you put central locking through them?

wacked1 - July 14th, 2004 at 09:08 AM

I spoke to Strathfield car radio about this 1 month ago they will supply and fit the lot for about $300. it's not that hard because they do a lot of courier vans.

modulus - July 14th, 2004 at 02:37 PM

For general information about central locking, you'll find a project at
http://www.aussiekombicampers.com/ 

As well as the normal solenoids for cventral locking which can push and pull in a straight line, Jaycar also have a "boot release" solenoid which pulls a wire when activated. Between these two generic types of solenoid, you can probably work out how to do the sliding door and back hatch; I have neither on the Doka, so I can't give you specific advice.

You should be able to do the whole kombi for less than $100 in parts.

hth

baybuscamperkid - July 14th, 2004 at 05:27 PM

i have all the parts, issue is that both locks are predominantly 1-piece mechanisms (ie everything is contained internally).

11CAB - July 14th, 2004 at 07:29 PM

Baybus, you are right about the mechanisms being internal, I only got as far as doing the front doors on our Kombi for this reason.......I seriously doubt that Strathfield could do the sliding and rear door for $300 dollars. Most newish vans have the side & rear door locks the same as the front so it wouldnt be a problem.......

KruizinKombi - July 14th, 2004 at 08:21 PM

I've had the sliding door lock mechanism apart, and it can be done, but I doubt Strathfield would be doing it for you for that price. I suggest you pull the lock apart and have a look. I can't give all the secrets away. :P

1303Steve - July 14th, 2004 at 08:58 PM

Hi

Strathield have a bit of rough reputation.

1302Steve

barls - July 14th, 2004 at 09:25 PM

yeah they bodged my installation by putting a huge scratch in my dash then played dumb about it claiming that it was there already. but thats the karma i get for paying someone to do what im trained to do.

baybuscamperkid - July 15th, 2004 at 06:57 PM

Kolin, if i was to be lasy, could i make a modified catch off the little plastic lock switch, or would it be more worthwhile stripping it down and looking inside?
cheers
Ryan

KruizinKombi - July 16th, 2004 at 09:38 AM

Strip it down. Just drill out the ends of the pins where they are pressed over. There is a pin inside that you can run your locking rod off, but its at a crazy angle and you'll need to be creative with the solenoid placement. You can tack-weld the ends of the pins when you've got it all together again. :)

baybuscamperkid - July 16th, 2004 at 09:28 PM

cool, thanks, will take a look over the weekend.