Remote boot release any ideas !!

[KIWI16V]

Im having a bit of trouble working out how to get the solenoid I bought to push open the boot catch. There is not much room to position it directly behind the catch so I have put it to one side of it and trying to work out how to push down onto the catch when the solenoid is moving across instaed of down. I appologise for lack of pictures to illustrate this. Can anyone point me in the right direction of how its done please. Thanks a million.

 

[Fl@pper]

convert the motion with a right angle pivot

better still tap onto the original on the works downwards?

 

[KIWI16V]

The boot has been smoothed before I owned the car and therefore no central locking motor there. You say pivot with a right angle but how. At the moment the solenoid has a steel bar attached to it so would I need something more flexible to do that ?

 

[Fl@pper]

not a motor it's a vacuum solenoid that would have fitted to the NS and basically pulled a lever sideways allowing the button to push/not

all that's left in yours i guess is the finger that pushes towards the inside to open the latch ?

how big is the solenoid ?

if the OS bolt is able to go right through (have to look) could use it as a pivot point for a lever to push the tab to open

will take some thinking but possible just need to work out directions/distance and angles required

gimme 5 ill try a rough drawing

 

[Fl@pper]

a very very basic idea for ya - admittedly angles lengths and location etc need to be worked out and i have never before drawn on a pc

if you dont have the room raise the area the rod enters the pivot so it clears the arm its pushing

or easier + simpler still :

see the green dot the original lock lever pivots on ?

bend the lever so it's almost horizontal and drill so you can pull from above it ?

 

[KIWI16V]

That is spot on. Thanks for that . It is exactly what I needed to see. Have a go at that today. Sorry for the late reply. Much appreciated. )

 

[Fl@pper]

the second idea of bending the lever to suit would be less grief but means modifying an original part, easy and cheap but probably not ideal if you need to replace it later

if you do use the pivot idea the bolt #13 will need to be longer to give you a mounting point

apart from that it's nothing a drill and a saw and a block of aluminium/steel can't cure



personally i would probably make it from a metal tube as the pivot and weld 2 fingers to that 90 degrees - if you get stuck gimme a shout - plenty of scrap lying around here