New 16v, few niggles

[rubjonny]

To lock the boot from the inside, take the plastic trim pannel off and find the metal rod which runs to the blue lock pump.  Push or pull the rod, it will click across and disconnect the button from the lock mech as it would on the central locking.  To unlock it, simply click the rod the other way

[mutant]

Boot sorted and MFA sorted.  Still need to sort out central locking (nothing is locking/unlocking, which is worrying as some scally bast*rd is gunna nick my petrol cap and pour sugar in the tank knowing my luck) and still need to wire up the recaro's if anyone can help?

Thanks

[VeeDubGTI16v]

if you cant hear the central locking pump whine take off the drivers door card and see where the door pin metal rod goes to, its probably just dangling in the air

[mutant]

Sorry, i'm a complete idiot when it comes to cars.  How do i get it to work once the door card is taken off?  And will that sort out the boot, petrol cap and passenger door too?  Come to think of it, will an '89 16v have central locking?  My '87 8v does, so surely this must have?

[rubjonny]

It was never an option on the MK2, so it may or it may not   But if the petrol flap has a pin sticking out of it, and the cap has no lock then it probably does.

Once the doorcard is off, locate the blue pump in the drivers door, and try moving the pin by hand, and make sure that when the lock knob goes up & down the pin to the blue pump also moves

[mutant]

Sorry, I'm at work and my brain is frying.  So all i do is connect the pin to the pump in the drivers door and then everything should lock centrally?  The petrol flap is run by central locking by the look of things, but the old owner said that the central locking never worked while he had the car, so i wasnt sure if it did have it or not.  I'll whip the doorcard off after work if it ever stops raining!

Ta

Lee

[rubjonny]

Find the pump in the drivers door, and check the rod coming off it moves when you lock/unlock the door.  If it doesn't then thats the problem, try moving the rod by hand in this case and see if the CL pump springs to life.

If it does, then all you need to do is figure out why the rod isn't moving, normally the plastic lever on the lock snaps or the rod just pops off.

If the rods & pump all move as they should, then start looking at the wiring, especially where it runs thru the rubber door boots!

[mutant]

Ok thanks.  Hopefully it will be an easy fix, if it means fiddling with wiring i wont bother, my 8v died because of faulty wiring, dont think i'll risk it :p  I have the 8v for spares so at least if somethings broken i can pull it from that.

Any idea on wiring the recaro's?

Thanks for all your help!

Lee

[rubjonny]

Thats dead easy, all you need is a fused live & earth connection to the seats.
Earth just goes to the earth 'claw' next to the fusebox, and the live runs to one of the spades round the back of the fusebox.

If you unhook the fusebox, you'll see 2 groups of spade connectors, one side is live the other is ignition live

[mutant]

so just 2 pieces of wire per seat?  Do i just pull up the carpet and lay the wire down?  Also, (sorry, i ask way too many questions ) the recaro's have a plug connector on the end, i take it i just wire another plug to each of the paired wires and plug them in?  Finally, wiring them wont destroy anything in the car will it?  Dont want all my lights and wipers etc failing on yet another car

Lee