Replaced O/S Door Actuator

[ThePrisoner]

Well, decided to replace the part myself and save at least £68+ VAT on having it fitted. The part was £72.72 on its own.

After taking the door card off without any problems, it then became apparent that I needed to remove the foam cover (without trying to damage it) and drill out the rivets holding the door handle on. I managed to remove the foam cover without damaging it by heating the sealing strip to make it easier, then went off to homebase to purchase a rivet gun.

Upon my return I drilled out the rivets and removed the door handle, and the door lock/actuator.

Re-fitting the new part seemed relatvely easy. I have to be honest, it was fidaly as hell trying to get the lock back in, connect all the wires and get everything all working as it should!

With the lock in, all connected and the door card all back in place (2 hours later, yes 2 hours!), I have fitted my new part, saved money on taking it to the main stealer and now know how to fit one should I ever need to do it again.

Pain in the arse, but saved cash and its one finger up to the main stealer!

Pris.
(Mechanical Genius! Lol)

[Welly]

I remember fitting a central locking solenoid on the rear door of my 405.

What a sh*t of a job, many broken clips and cut hands later it was finished.

Well done to you Pris.

[jameslxdt]

you cant get worse than a volvo s40/v40 drivers door lock solenoid, they are a right bastard to get out and back in, whereas the s80 and v70 it takes about 5 mins

[STALLED]

When fiddling with the doors make sure not to damage any of the plastic membrane which keeps the water out...

Came to my car one morning after a nice heavy downpour to find a nice big puddle had formed in the back drivers footwell - someone had slammed the door and the membrane had dislodged. Alot of people stuff their membranes up by working on the door cards etc and that general vicinity - easy to fix though

Joel

[ThePrisoner]

Well went for a spin today to check my new K&N air filter and found out that my drivers door handle doesn't work!

The pin must have come out of the catch on the actuator, now im gonna need to remove all the door card again and look at my actuator installation, what a bitch!

And just when I thought it was all working too well.....

Pris.

[Benner]

Well went for a spin today to check my new K&N air filter and found out that my drivers door handle doesn't work!

The pin must have come out of the catch on the actuator, now im gonna need to remove all the door card again and look at my actuator installation, what a bitch!

And just when I thought it was all working too well.....

Pris.

That sucks. Dont think anyone ever gets to that 'everythings working' settled feeling with a car. And if they do it doesn't seem to last long (or is that just me? ).

[Blue406]

Recently had to replace the solenoid on my boot lock as the original decided it wasn't going to open anymore.

Being a saloon, the only way I could open the bloody thing was to climb in through the back seats (thank heaves Peugeot had the sense to install folder rear seats!) and then with a torch for light, locate and actuate the catch with a screwdriver. Took me about 5 minutes to figure it all out.

But once the boot was open... I could get at the solenoid easily (didn't have the lid cover installed at the time)
The tricky part was getting to the replacement solenoid at the scapper. The doner 406, an identical 2.0L 1996 LX trimmed China Blue 406, was sat atop two other cars.

So, sitting precariously on the bonnet of the mercedes behind it I managed to extract a perfectly servicable solenoid within a few minutes.

It was then a 2 minute fitting job to my car. Sorted.

Scrapper only wanted £3 for the thing too! Bargain.

[ThePrisoner]

Recently had to replace the solenoid on my boot lock as the original decided it wasn't going to open anymore.

Being a saloon, the only way I could open the bloody thing was to climb in through the back seats (thank heaves Peugeot had the sense to install folder rear seats!) and then with a torch for light, locate and actuate the catch with a screwdriver. Took me about 5 minutes to figure it all out.

But once the boot was open... I could get at the solenoid easily (didn't have the lid cover installed at the time)
The tricky part was getting to the replacement solenoid at the scapper. The doner 406, an identical 2.0L 1996 LX trimmed China Blue 406, was sat atop two other cars.

So, sitting precariously on the bonnet of the mercedes behind it I managed to extract a perfectly servicable solenoid within a few minutes.

It was then a 2 minute fitting job to my car. Sorted.

Scrapper only wanted £3 for the thing too! Bargain.

How did you get the rear seats down from inside the car, when the catch to release them is in the boot?

Pris.

[Welly]

Recently had to replace the solenoid on my boot lock as the original decided it wasn't going to open anymore.

Being a saloon, the only way I could open the bloody thing was to climb in through the back seats (thank heaves Peugeot had the sense to install folder rear seats!) and then with a torch for light, locate and actuate the catch with a screwdriver. Took me about 5 minutes to figure it all out.

But once the boot was open... I could get at the solenoid easily (didn't have the lid cover installed at the time)
The tricky part was getting to the replacement solenoid at the scapper. The doner 406, an identical 2.0L 1996 LX trimmed China Blue 406, was sat atop two other cars.

So, sitting precariously on the bonnet of the mercedes behind it I managed to extract a perfectly servicable solenoid within a few minutes.

It was then a 2 minute fitting job to my car. Sorted.

Scrapper only wanted £3 for the thing too! Bargain.

How did you get the rear seats down from inside the car, when the catch to release them is in the boot?

Pris.

Ski-hatch trickery/reach-throughery

[ThePrisoner]

Agh yes of course, the old ski hatch trick, how could I have overlooked that one.

Considering I used it a few weeks back after purchasing some wood from B&Q.

Pris.

[Blue406]

How did you get the rear seats down from inside the car, when the catch to release them is in the boot?

Pris.

Dunno about your 406, but my back seats have a button on the top of them on each side. Press it and that section folds down.

Now if you mean the little black lock switch... I always have them unlocked, just for this kind of emergency

[ThePrisoner]

How did you get the rear seats down from inside the car, when the catch to release them is in the boot?

Pris.

Dunno about your 406, but my back seats have a button on the top of them on each side. Press it and that section folds down.

Now if you mean the little black lock switch... I always have them unlocked, just for this kind of emergency

In my car you have to open the boot, and on the roof of the boot there are two catches that you pull towards you to release the rear seats. They cannot be opened from inside the car (unless you can reach them through the ski flap. but i havn't tried.)

D9's must obviously be different to D8's with the rear seat setup.

Pris.

[Welly]

DOH!

On the D9 you can't fold the rears from inside, there are two flimsy handles under the parcel shelf in the boot with cables connected to them, flimsy ones.

You can open the ski hatch with force from inside but I guess you might have a job to reach the release handles from there.

More amazing D8/D9 facts

[Benner]

Now if you mean the little black lock switch... I always have them unlocked, just for this kind of emergency

*goes out to car to unlock rear seats*

[Welly]

*Snaps off flimsy D9 seat release handle*