Disco central locking

Rear door on my 94 Disco doesn't unlock properly with the remote.
(I'm sorry this is a common fault and I've seen it in the group before)

Refresh my memory is this an expensive fix or a nice cheap saturday D.I.Y.
job.

Thanks in advance
Pete


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but not always in a reasonable form"
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Highbeam wrote:

> Rear door on my 94 Disco doesn't unlock properly with the remote.
> (I'm sorry this is a common fault and I've seen it in the group before)
>
> Refresh my memory is this an expensive fix or a nice cheap saturday D.I.Y.
> job.
>
> Thanks in advance
> Pete
>
>

Yes to both.

In my case it was a combination of gummed up mechanism and a dead servo -
apply light machine oil to the mechanism (NOT WD40) and replace the servo.

The Servos are around £50 from Land Rover, or £4.75 for a functionally
identical part from Maplin electronics - the Maplin one will need bullet
connectors attached to do the job.

P.
--
If Mind over Matter is a Matter of Course
Does it Matter if Nobody Minds?

But before you dump the servo check to see if the lock levers move to the
extent of travel and stay there or if they relax back a bit.

I changed the servo on mine only to find that it made no difference. Fault
appears to be a broken spring in the door catch area which should hold the
mechanism up when unlocked. At the moment I'm looking at putting an elastic
band in there to hold the lever up when unlocked as a temporary fix.

Bob.

"Paul S. Brown" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Highbeam wrote:
>
> > Rear door on my 94 Disco doesn't unlock properly with the remote.
> > (I'm sorry this is a common fault and I've seen it in the group before)
> >
> > Refresh my memory is this an expensive fix or a nice cheap saturday
D.I.Y.
> > job.
> >
> > Thanks in advance
> > Pete
> >
> >
>
> Yes to both.
>
> In my case it was a combination of gummed up mechanism and a dead servo -
> apply light machine oil to the mechanism (NOT WD40) and replace the servo.
>
> The Servos are around £50 from Land Rover, or £4.75 for a functionally
> identical part from Maplin electronics - the Maplin one will need bullet
> connectors attached to do the job.
>
> P.
> --
> If Mind over Matter is a Matter of Course
> Does it Matter if Nobody Minds?

yes the button does unlock all the way and then settle down again
this might just be the fault



--
"Reason has always existed,
but not always in a reasonable form"
Groucho

"Those are my principles, and if you don't like them...
well, I have others"
Karl

"Bob" <Sinclair.Bob@btopenworld"NOSPAM".com> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> But before you dump the servo check to see if the lock levers move to the
> extent of travel and stay there or if they relax back a bit.
>
> I changed the servo on mine only to find that it made no difference.
> Fault
> appears to be a broken spring in the door catch area which should hold the
> mechanism up when unlocked. At the moment I'm looking at putting an
> elastic
> band in there to hold the lever up when unlocked as a temporary fix.
>
> Bob.
>
> "Paul S. Brown" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>> Highbeam wrote:
>>
>> > Rear door on my 94 Disco doesn't unlock properly with the remote.
>> > (I'm sorry this is a common fault and I've seen it in the group before)
>> >
>> > Refresh my memory is this an expensive fix or a nice cheap saturday
> D.I.Y.
>> > job.
>> >
>> > Thanks in advance
>> > Pete
>> >
>> >
>>
>> Yes to both.
>>
>> In my case it was a combination of gummed up mechanism and a dead servo -
>> apply light machine oil to the mechanism (NOT WD40) and replace the
>> servo.
>>
>> The Servos are around £50 from Land Rover, or £4.75 for a functionally
>> identical part from Maplin electronics - the Maplin one will need bullet
>> connectors attached to do the job.
>>
>> P.
>> --
>> If Mind over Matter is a Matter of Course
>> Does it Matter if Nobody Minds?
>
>