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[JB]

Wife's friend having problems with her central locking (with me it's usually
central heating!)
Ford KA2 Dec.1998 when you turn the key it locks/unlocks/locks/unlocks a
few times usually stopping at unlock.
Any clues where to start looking? She can't lock the car at all now, and
there are some serious pikeys in the area.
Thanks in advance,

JB

[SteveH]

JB <jmbyrneNILSPAM@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:

> Any clues where to start looking? She can't lock the car at all now, and
> there are some serious pikeys in the area.

S'ok. Even pikeys have some level of taste ;-)
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[Doki]

JB wrote:
> Wife's friend having problems with her central locking (with me it's
> usually central heating!)
> Ford KA2 Dec.1998 when you turn the key it
> locks/unlocks/locks/unlocks a few times usually stopping at unlock.
> Any clues where to start looking? She can't lock the car at all now,
> and there are some serious pikeys in the area.
> Thanks in advance,

Pull the central locking fuse and lock it up manually. IIRC my bother in law
has had similar problems with the central locking on his Orion, think it may
have been caused by a sticky lock / solenoid.

[Doki]

Doki wrote:
> JB wrote:
>> Wife's friend having problems with her central locking (with me it's
>> usually central heating!)
>> Ford KA2 Dec.1998 when you turn the key it
>> locks/unlocks/locks/unlocks a few times usually stopping at unlock.
>> Any clues where to start looking? She can't lock the car at all now,
>> and there are some serious pikeys in the area.
>> Thanks in advance,
>
> Pull the central locking fuse and lock it up manually. IIRC my bother
> in law has had similar problems with the central locking on his
> Orion, think it may have been caused by a sticky lock / solenoid.

And if you can't pull the central lockign fuse due to it being wired up to
various other electrics, undo the cables between the car and the door...

[JB]

"Doki" <doki@spamtroNspidar.com> wrote in message
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>
>
> Doki wrote:
> > JB wrote:
> >> Wife's friend having problems with her central locking (with me it's
> >> usually central heating!)
> >> Ford KA2 Dec.1998 when you turn the key it
> >> locks/unlocks/locks/unlocks a few times usually stopping at unlock.
> >> Any clues where to start looking? She can't lock the car at all now,
> >> and there are some serious pikeys in the area.
> >> Thanks in advance,
> >
> > Pull the central locking fuse and lock it up manually. IIRC my bother
> > in law has had similar problems with the central locking on his
> > Orion, think it may have been caused by a sticky lock / solenoid.
>
> And if you can't pull the central lockign fuse due to it being wired up to
> various other electrics, undo the cables between the car and the door...
>
Cheers,
JB

[JK]

The wires in the multiplug between the door and the pillar are broken.... of
all the total crap designs that ford come up with, this has to be near the
top.

JK

[Doki]

JK wrote:
> The wires in the multiplug between the door and the pillar are
> broken.... of all the total crap designs that ford come up with, this
> has to be near the top.

I suppose you can think of a better way to get electricity to and from the
stuff in the door then?

[A Railman]

"JB" <jmbyrneNILSPAM@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote in message
news:2tat6hF1suj4lU1@uni-berlin.de...
> Wife's friend having problems with her central locking (with me it's
> usually
> central heating!)
> Ford KA2 Dec.1998 when you turn the key it locks/unlocks/locks/unlocks
> a
> few times usually stopping at unlock.
> Any clues where to start looking? She can't lock the car at all now, and
> there are some serious pikeys in the area.
> Thanks in advance,
>
> JB
>
Squirt WD40 into the lock hole and work the key a few times . Worked on mine

Tim Buckley

[Tom Burton]

>>
> Squirt WD40 into the lock hole and work the key a few times . Worked on
> mine
>

I was always told you should never oil a lock, cos the oil holds all the
crap and eventually gumms up the lock.

Same person told me to lube it "if I must" with some sort of graphite
powder, but then id be wary of that in anything with electricery