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Omega Help Area => Omega General Help => Topic started by: anddyy88 on 19 May 2014, 19:20:51

Title: how can a get my door open?
Post by: anddyy88 on 19 May 2014, 19:20:51

for the past few months my passenger door has had the central locking working at random but whenever it didnt open you could always pull up the button on the door and get in.

today it just wont open and the button is stuck down solid, no matter how hard you pull.

anyone got any suggestions of how to open it?, preferable without ripping the door card to bits :(

Title: Re: how can a get my door open?
Post by: TheBoy on 19 May 2014, 19:22:46

Did you dead-lock it?

Title: Re: how can a get my door open?
Post by: zirk on 19 May 2014, 19:25:18

Dead Locked?

Title: Re: how can a get my door open?
Post by: anddyy88 on 19 May 2014, 19:37:35

yep deadlocked.

 all other doors working fine.

Title: Re: how can a get my door open?
Post by: RobG on 19 May 2014, 19:50:39

Window open, from outside grasp protected doorpin with molegrips and pull pin up, bit of brute force required

Title: Re: how can a get my door open?
Post by: anddyy88 on 19 May 2014, 20:24:15

is brute force on the door pin going to work even if it might deadlocked

Title: Re: how can a get my door open?
Post by: 05omegav6 on 19 May 2014, 20:26:52

Quote from: anddyy88 on 19 May 2014, 20:24:15

is brute force on the door pin going to work even if it might deadlocked

Yup :y

Hence the suggestion...

Title: Re: how can a get my door open?
Post by: anddyy88 on 19 May 2014, 20:32:31

once its open, is it new motor time, as the times when it worked, it would lock but only on deadlock.

so anoying was down scrap yard yesterday and totally forgot to get a cl motor, got distracted at finding a new headlight washer in there;D

Title: Re: how can a get my door open?
Post by: Kevin Wood on 20 May 2014, 10:10:56

You're better off taking the motor apart and replacing the microswitch IMHO. There's a maintenance guide.. :y

Title: Re: how can a get my door open?
Post by: Jukeboxnut on 20 May 2014, 20:44:50

If you wind the window down it is possible to use a length of 2.3mm dia. weld rod bent a to a hook at the end to first pull off the brown plastic cover and then pull the catch open.  It is fiddly and you need a small torch to illuminate the door interior.  Also it really helps to have a spare catch to see how the lock operates so that you know where to locate the hook to open the door.  I had to do exactly the same last year and it took me approximately 15 minutes to open the door this way.  The only damage was to the brown plastic cover which can be superglued back together.

Title: Re: how can a get my door open?
Post by: anddyy88 on 20 May 2014, 21:04:22

cheers for the tips guys, but didnt need brute force in the end it just decided to start working again today ::), so have disconnected the motor for now till i can get new micro switches for it.