Date:         Fri, 11 Aug 2000 11:39:11 +0200
Reply-To:     Nigel Bennett <NigelB@foschini.co.za>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Nigel Bennett <NigelB@foschini.co.za>
Subject:      Re: Central Locks..
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Hi All

When I bought my syncro I discovered that the PO had had the rear hatch
reprayed and the klutz that had put the hatch back had connected the rear
window washer pipe to the nipple on the lock activator! The PO had
complained that the rear washer was faulty, but little did I know that the
lock activator was drowning in washer fluid! This caused all my locks to
sort of lock & unlock uncontrollably each time I pushed down the driver's
knob.

Solution: Removed & dismantled the activator, cleaned out the motor with
petrol (gasoline) and left all the little bits out to dry. I did not clean
off the existing white grease but just liberally resprayed everything with
electrical lube (we have something called Q20). Carefully re-assembled and
hey presto! no more problems....

Suggestion: Try to find which activator may be causing your CL to stuff
around. You can do this by disconnecting one at a time while you test.
Unfortunately you are going to have to remove panels to get to the wires.
Hope this helps.

(You are doing clutch,CV's and heads this weekend? Brave man.... :-)

Nigel Bennett
Cape Town - South Africa
89/90 syncro
93 Jetta CL
97 Jetta CLi


 -----Original Message-----

<< First, I would lock the driver's side, and wait up to a full minute for
the rest of the doors to lock.
Then, the passenger/side/rear doors would lock and unlock until I locked the
driver's side.
Now I occationaly get the lock/unlock thing, but mostly I have to lock the
driver and the passenger seperately.
Catch is, wehn I lock the passenger side, the side and rear lock with it.
.
.
.

Thanks much!

Don Preston >>


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