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To begin with. Remove the door handles and locking
mechanisms from both doors. On the locking mechanism locate the
"tab" which releases the door. (the one the door handle pushes
down on to open the door). This is what you will use to pop the doors open.
Drill a hole big enough to locate the metal rod in to through the
"tab". Lubricate the locking mechanism and make sure it is working
smoothly. Insert the metal rod through the hole and bend over at the top.
(the rod will be pulling down on this so make sure it is secure). Once this
has been done on both sides refit the locking mechanisms. Leave the door
handles off for now.
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Now to locate the solenoids or central locking motors.
(I will refer to these as solenoids from now on). The solenoid will go to
the bottom right of the drivers door or bottom left on passengers door
looking from the inside. Remove the interior door cards from both doors. Now
fix the solenoids to the door by drilling holes in the appropriate position
to fix them to the inside of the door. (The rod which is pulling down should
be in two pieces so that it can be adjusted later.) Now attach the rod to
the solenoid and fix it to to rod coming from the lock. You can buy
connectors from central locking suppliers which are designed for this or
just come up with your own solution. e.g. block connectors.
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Now for the wiring. On the back of the fuse box you will
find an number of male spade connectors next to where the main power goes
in. These are all constant live. You will use these as your live for the
door poppers. Run one or two wires from this into your two inline fuses (one
for each side). This means that if one fuse goes the you can still get in
the other side! Run wires from the fuse connectors up to each mirror. The
switch can be located on the removable plastic plate under the mirror
closest to the door. Locate the switch and run a wire from this to the live
of the solenoid. Make sure that you know which is positive and which is
negative on the solenoid before you install it so that it will pull down.
Run an earth cable from the solenoid to a good earth inside the car (should
be a connection near the fuse box). You can earth the solenoid to the door
but I found that this was not very reliable.
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Now for setting it up. This is the hardest bit.
You need to adjust the rods so that when the solenoid is activated it opens
the door. You also need to make sure that after the solenoid has been
activated the "tab" returns to its original position. If it
doesn't and you try to open the door when it is locked when you unlock the
door it wont open. In this case the only way to open the door is to physically
push the tab back up requiring you to get inside the door. Hence - problem
if the door is shut. So, one way to ensure it will not jam is to use
springs. However, try it first without. You should still have the handle off
so you can get in to the "tab". Close the door and lock it. Press
the button a few times and unlock the door again. You should be able to open
the door again. If you cant then it has jammed. Get the door open, readjust
the rods and try again. Keep doing this until it works. As I said you can
use a spring to pull the rod back up if you cant get it to work.
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Finishing Touches. Once you are satisfied with the
operation you can remove the lever from the door handle. To do this drill
out the pin which holds it and remove it completely - You should now have a
smoother looking door handle.
