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Omega Help Area => Omega Electrical and Audio Help => Topic started by: sujole on 12 June 2010, 10:38:05

Title: Drivers door lock
Post by: sujole on 12 June 2010, 10:38:05

Can anyone tell me whether the door solenoids on the facelift Omega are all the same. i.e. does a rear solenoid also fit the front ?

Thanks

Title: Re: Drivers door lock
Post by: charlie on 12 June 2010, 10:53:00

no the fronts are different to the rears :y

Title: Re: Drivers door lock
Post by: sujole on 12 June 2010, 11:01:46

Damn !  :( I was hoping that they were the same. Any ideas as to how much a front solenoid would be from a dealer ?

Title: Re: Drivers door lock
Post by: eliteomegaman on 12 June 2010, 11:17:50

First thing to try is take the door card off & give the motor a good dose of WD40 working it in by pressing the central locking remote, it worked for me & a couple of others on here. But, as will be pointed out from fellow OOFers, it might only be a short term solution  :(

Try eBay for a 'New' solenoid, there were quite a few original motors on there last time i looked & that was only a couple of weeks ago!  :y

Title: Re: Drivers door lock
Post by: same #same# on 12 June 2010, 11:30:18

got one from breakers for £5 :y

Title: Re: Drivers door lock
Post by: sujole on 12 June 2010, 14:54:35

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First thing to try is take the door card off & give the motor a good dose of WD40 working it in by pressing the central locking remote, it worked for me & a couple of others on here. But, as will be pointed out from fellow OOFers, it might only be a short term solution  :(

Try eBay for a 'New' solenoid, there were quite a few original motors on there last time i looked & that was only a couple of weeks ago!  :y

Been watching ebay and missed one 'cos I was out. I have emailed the chap who has said he will be listing some more shortly so I'll wait for him. It's not a problem at the moment as it still works from the driver's door.

Title: Re: Drivers door lock
Post by: Andy B on 12 June 2010, 15:01:02

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..... It's not a problem at the moment as it still works from the driver's door.

As said, try lub'ing all the linkages around the lock, but use something like chain lub rather than WD40. Chain lub will get into all the nooks & crannies but won't disappear like WD does  :y

Title: Re: Drivers door lock
Post by: sujole on 12 June 2010, 19:27:45

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..... It's not a problem at the moment as it still works from the driver's door.

As said, try lub'ing all the linkages around the lock, but use something like chain lub rather than WD40. Chain lub will get into all the nooks & crannies but won't disappear like WD does  :y

I'll give that a try as I have some left over from when I had my honda cbr.  :)

Title: Re: Drivers door lock
Post by: sujole on 15 June 2010, 16:33:15

Tried the wd40 and chain lube route but no success. Replaced solenoid from scrappie and works perfectly now.

Title: Re: Drivers door lock
Post by: Andy B on 15 June 2010, 16:53:20

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Tried the wd40 and chain lube route but no success. Replaced solenoid from scrappie and works perfectly now.

There's a howtodo in the maint section to swap the micro switches inside. You could make yourself a spare  ;) ;)

Title: Re: Drivers door lock
Post by: sujole on 15 June 2010, 17:22:25

Sounds good to me, I've already bookmarked the page. Thanks for the headsup  :y