Hello my name is Raph ive just finished HSC. Hope this is the right section to post. I own a 77 Clubman S called miss Bluebird. I just bought a central locking kit and am wondering if anyone could give me some tips im thinking of doing a How To blog thing. Cheers



By rotrosen, shot with E775 at 2007-11-19

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"You can turn your back on a person, but you can never turn your back on a Mini"(or wallet for that matter)
R(a)ph

im pretty sure it requires a fair bit of modification to fit. ud have to talk to someone whos tried, tho i am interested to see how this is done

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Enjoy Chris

Rather than acting on the door lock mechanism, someone hereabouts has a pair of solenoid pistons mounted in the rear side pockets which fire through the B-pillar into a hole in the door. Simple, and effective.. might think about doing this one myself

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Simon

The adventures of an owner builder in the Tallarook Ranges

Nice innovation, i think i will just have to cut a some of the door panel and if the the motor still doesnt fit then mod the door card. Actually my door is off at the moment im putting new hinges on. the top bolt was so hard to unwind i ended up angle grinding the hinge off.

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"You can turn your back on a person, but you can never turn your back on a Mini"(or wallet for that matter)
R(a)ph

Sounds dodgier than it is i didnt need the hinge because the pin fell out and i only just found a ratchet piece to fit.

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"You can turn your back on a person, but you can never turn your back on a Mini"(or wallet for that matter)
R(a)ph

hi, ive fitted central locking to my mini and motors fit easily.
you need to mount them infront of the track that the window goes up and down in.
cheers matt

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i like to drive on rails

If it fits there than that would be much better i was just worried there would not be enough room. Do you have any pics of the finished set up?

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"You can turn your back on a person, but you can never turn your back on a Mini"(or wallet for that matter)
R(a)ph

Probably something like this... it was just a test... haven't got around to permanently putting it in.

Thanks

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"You can turn your back on a person, but you can never turn your back on a Mini"(or wallet for that matter)
R(a)ph

I mounted mine on the other end of the door and clamped the actuator rod onto the external lock rod. Mount them upside down and reverse the wire polarity and it keeps the rod in the right place. Did not require any cutting or grinding of the door. Was probably a bit trickier to adjust than the other way, but still only took a day to fit.

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Michael N

Hey,

Anyone done it to the old style doors? There's only one inner locking mechanism (on the passenger side), which from the looks of it can be done to.

I was thinking of swapping in a passenger side door mechanism with the driver, but (if you think about it, I actually did it... ) it's back-to-front, which means you have to swing the door handle upwards.. that doesn't look any good

What are the clubby door mechanisms like for this? Or (from the look of the pics before), is it the inner door release the bit with the lock?

Am I destined to reach that 1M across to unlock the passenger door

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GP

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http://www.reflectionsindigital.com/RID/Mini/Mini.html

You can't fit central locking solenoids to the MkI door locks, it's all internal to the lock itself so there's nothing to actuate externally.

This is what the solenoid-in-the-rear-pocket solution I mentioned above was for.. I'm sure it was someone on Ausmini who's done this, maybe they'll pipe up

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Simon

The adventures of an owner builder in the Tallarook Ranges