zsteelman Posted May 13, 2011 Share Posted May 13, 2011 Ok, I recently replaced my doorhandles on my 280z and afterwards I have noticed a problem. When I bought the car both doorhandles were toast so this may have been this say before. Anyway when I shut the door, lock it, and try to open it with it locked it seems that the linkage gets stuck on something and makes it impossible to unlock except from the inside with extreme force. Needless to say this is an issue when I have to lock the car at work I have to crawl in the hatch. <a href=http://s24.photobucket.com/albums/c9/zachissak/280z/?action=view¤t=2011-05-13_13-44-07_14.mp4 target=_blank><img src=http://static.photobucket.com/player.swf?file=http://vid24.photobucket.com/albums/c9/zachissak/280z/2011-05-13_13-44-07_14.mp4 border=0 alt=></a> In the video you can sort of see and hear that there is something catching. My question is if anyone has had this issue and if so is it something I have adjusted wrong? The search seems to bring up door slamming issues and not door catching issues. Also if I need to go to electric locks, anyone had experience with ebay brand? I plan on keeping the mechanical hatch lock for protection of dead batteries. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zsteelman Posted May 16, 2011 Author Share Posted May 16, 2011 Decided to go ahead and purchase a power lock kit and fiddle with the latch adjustment. For the price of new key cylinders I was able to pick up a four motor kit to use for both doors and the hatch. Ill keep this post updated when it arrives. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zsteelman Posted May 25, 2011 Author Share Posted May 25, 2011 Just wanted to give you guys an update. I got my ebay power lock kit (29$ shipped) and got the first door installed. Video of the install working (took about 2 hours to figure out the linkage). Picture of where I installed the motor. Unfortunately due to the size of the round section of the motor I could only get it to fit at the bottom of the door and not interfere with the window mechanics. If you get a kit that doesn't have the round section you can probably fit it further up. Picture of the dual arm linkage. since I had to mount it down low I had to use two linkage arms to get the length right. However it now fits and works flawlessly. I no longer have the issue of my doors not unlocking due to worn out key components. You guys will not have to cut away the door like I did, atleast not as much, I initially tried to install it further up but the window regulator got in the way. Video of the components with the kit. I will post more pictures when I get the unit mounted and the passenger door finished. I am going to have to drill holes for the wiring in my 280z and will probably run the wiring through the doors inside rubber vacuum hose. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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