keyless entry
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keyless entry
I am interested in installing keyless entry on my 82 911SC. Any experience out there? How challenging is it, or should I take it to Circuit City / Best Buy?
Any other suggestions, potential problems or comcerns appreciated.
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Chris
82 911SC
Any other suggestions, potential problems or comcerns appreciated.
Thanks.
Chris
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Chris: I personally would be terrified to give my '82 SC to either Circuit City, Best Buy, or any number of other grommet tearing, hole punching, scotchlock installing people that call themselves technicians. You should buy an alarm (Python, etc.) with the door lock option, look over the instructions and see if you can do it yourself. Allow an entire day to do each door, maybe less for the second one, and another day and a half to do the rest. The easiest approach I found is to plan placement of components (brain, LED, etc.), and then make your wire loom to those points. Building the loom will involve creating paths for all the wires, cut them to length, pull them all back out and shrink tube them. I won't kid you, it's not an easy job, so if you don't want to tackle it try to find an independant stereo/alarm specialty shop near you. You might even want to buy the alarm from them so they get the profit on the system, and won't give you a bad time if you get as far as removing your door panels and decide that it's too much.
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I did the keyless entry. It's a slow install for a nice job. The lock solenoid seems to be a generic part that I've seen available for $30 instead of the $60? from stoddard. I used the Viper mfg alarm system and another mfg for the solenoid relays and brain. The P factory weak link seemed to be the connector from the lock sol to the lock. I up-graded that item as well.
The biggest pia is running wires into the door.. otherwise drilling correct holes is about the only delicate part.
The biggest pia is running wires into the door.. otherwise drilling correct holes is about the only delicate part.
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Chris, do you have factory power locks? If so, the install is pretty easy. I used a keyless entry unit from JC Whitney($30) and wired it to the factory alarm. If you have power locks let me know and I can give you the wire codes.
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I do not have factory power locks. Some time back I had the door panel off and noticed what appeared to be a power door lock device already installed but I guess not wired? That is why I didn't think it would be a great chore to wire a new system. I'm not really interested in an alarm. The project still seems like a lot of work, so I might just forget it or find someone else to install it professionally.
Thank you for all of your input.
Chris
Thank you for all of your input.
Chris
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If you already have a solenoid hooked up to the linkage your almost there. Next time you have the panel off apply some power to the solenoid to see if it's working. pos. to one side and neg to the other. Reversing polarity should operate it in reverse. Other than hooking the solenoid to the linkage, the toughest part can be getting the wire through the door boot. I found the easiest way was to cut the wire to the speaker attach a fish wire to it and pull it back into the car body with the speaker wire. Then attach your extra 2 conductor wire for the solenoid to the fish wire and pull it and the speaker wire back into the door. In my case with factory door locks I did this to install larger gauge speaker wire but the principle is the same. The keyless remote system itself would be a two wire hook, power and ground, as the relays are usually built into the control box which is small enough to mount right under the dash close to where the wires come from the door and provide good range for the systems antenna. Happy 4th!
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