Subject: The most expensive and crappest lock I have heard of...
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posted on October 11th, 2005 at 05:29 PM
The most expensive and crappest lock I have heard of...
I m currently owning a 95' GL Golf...only got that 2mths ago, after a wk i got the car, only the driver's door work as i lock and unlock the car, so
i had to lock and unlock doors individually. Now the most exciting things come, I went to the gas station to pump it up, then, the fuel door interlock
ain't working, brought it to K-Mart, took it off for me, reap 90bucks off me for 5mins job(however i bloody didn't know how to do it...) anyway,
they found out my vacuum pump motor was burnt. After one wk i got my car back, no bloody door can be open, only the hatch, so I had to climb through
the windows. K-mart was real reaping off money, so i brought it down to Preston at my friend's place, he got a VDO pump, which I have no choice. My
friend said the pump ain't working coz the vacuum hoses are leaking, therefore pump keep pumping nothing for 24hrs n its finished. The pump cost me
420 bucks!! so afterwards my friend helped me to pull off my trims, as the vacuum hoses are too old, they don't seal, n its bloody expensive, so put
some super glue on it, works for more than a month, today... the vacuum hoses are leaking again, so... i recon i have to fix my car with hell lot of
money again. It's juz to tell ya guyz... if ur door lock is not working, juz put a electrical one in! simple!! but K-mart said I can't!
PS. Golf III owners becareful of leaking water from the tail lamps, mine got leakage a bit n went to the vacuum pump underneath, can be short
circuited and ur car is finished.
PS2. its only an experience of mine to share...nothing special thx
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posted on October 11th, 2005 at 09:24 PM
Those pumps dont run for 24hours straight . they shut down after 30 seconds . You should have just gone to the wreckers for a second hand pump . As
for putting in electric door locks , where are you going to get them from ? The whole system is vacuum operated !
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posted on October 11th, 2005 at 10:28 PM
lolz... i dun have much idea about the electric lock, that guy said use both ways, vacuum pumping and electric, anyway I will have the detail
discussion with him tomorrow to see how it works out, i shouldn't have gone to the bloody VW for the genuine new part...darn
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posted on October 11th, 2005 at 10:46 PM
Could have just sold you mine , dont need to lock the doors on a drag car :o
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posted on October 12th, 2005 at 10:45 PM
try Jaycar electronics units
work of electr or vac it seems ..have to fit one soon 79 GLD
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posted on October 25th, 2005 at 06:33 PM
vacuum pumps
Only if you guys would realize...take your car to the experts.ie a Volkswagen Dealer!!!!! your pump would have been diagnosed & repaired in 1 day.for
aprox. $350 for a new unit or about 100$ for a good second hand one. you can even have yours repaired by a company in melboune 2 days turn around.
Silly people??? GO TO A VW WORKSHOP. Not places that sell womans clothes!
