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I bought a 90 GS with shaved door handles. My only worry is that if my batt goes dead then I will have a damn hard time to get into the car. It’s an Optima blue top, so no real worries, but my gf has the memory of a fly. She killed my batt in my old teg 4 times by leaving vanity lights on. Any who, I heard that it’s possible to place two beams onto the underside of the chassis. So that if my batt goes dead I could hook cables up to it, and have a charge spot outside of the car. Anyone know anything about this or could point me in the right direction?
Great! Thankyou, but do you know how or where I’d put them? I’m completely lost on this whole subject.
ive seen them in the left bumper light or below it, or in the grill out of sight
What I do is is install a mechanical release, a hood release cable works real good.
The other way is I install the batt. charge terminal, but not to the batt, I don’t use the neg. and the pos. is connected to the solenoid power lead, clamp a jumper cable to just about anything under the car and touch the pos. jumper cable to the pos. charge terminal and the door will pop open, this will also work if something goes wrong with the RF unit, or you blow a fuse for the door poppers, something charging a dead batt. will not help.
If you have not shaved the trunk/hatch lock install the terminal in there.:idea:94
So you’re saying just install the pos. jump point to the soleniod lead for the popper, connect the jumper cables to anywhere on the chassis, touch the pos. charge point with my finger, and that will open the door? Wouldnt I get a serious shock/ mild electrocution if theres that much electricity flowing through the chassis? And yes, the hatch is shaved.
EDIT: A friend of mine says that I could use a magnet and swipe it over the popper to get it to open, anyone heard of this?
You touch the charge terminal with the jumper cable not your finger, LOL
The popper is grounded to the chassis, so the ground jumper cable can be connected to any chassis point, if it’s more convenient, mount the ground charge terminal to the chassis.
If the pos.(+) charge terminal is connected to the door popper solenoid power wire, when you touch the jumper cable to it the solenoid will energize and pop the door, the advantage of wiring it this way is if you have a problem with the remote or RF system you can still open the door.
No you can not get a shock from 12V, if you don’t believe me, go out to your car and grab both batt. terminals at the same time, you may be able to feel a little “tingle” if you lay your arm across both terminals.
You friend should not quit his day job, swiping a magnet across the solenoid will do nothing at all.
I still say a mechanical release is the best way to go, no matter what happens you will still be able to open a door, and you will not need to depend on someone with jumper cables comming along.:sipread:94