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Old 11th May 2022, 12:18   #31
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I bet the drivers lock is hiding behind that chrome escutcheon, break it off and have a look,I have new ones in stick that I can send you.

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But if the door is not the original but from another/different car will the key fit the lock Andy?
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Old 11th May 2022, 12:24   #32
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But if the door is not the original but from another/different car will the key fit the lock Andy?
No but you can muller the lock with a screwdriver to get you in as you will have to change the innards anyway!

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Old 13th May 2022, 12:29   #33
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...when you swapped the door over did you not realise then that the key hole was not there?

I didn't! By this time Mum was using the car, and it needed fixing quick. I had to dash over on the Friday night and tour the scrapyards finding what I could on the Saturday. There was surprisingly little to be had and in the end I was just grateful for a straight door and wing in two wrong colours!


Thanks for all the helpful suggestions on this, I plan to go over next weekend and have at it. Will let you know how I go on...
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Old 16th May 2022, 15:02   #34
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Is there a light in the boot that you could connect a battery or charger.
Then you should be able to operate the key fob to open the doors.
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Old 16th May 2022, 16:10   #35
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Is there a light in the boot that you could connect a battery or charger.
Then you should be able to operate the key fob to open the doors.
That's a very inventive idea Peter but unfortunately it won't work.
All the interior lamps are powered by the BCU.

Post no. 6 has the best chance of working. I hope that Strangeangel tries it when he's with the car at the weekend.

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Old 16th May 2022, 16:18   #36
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That's a very inventive idea Peter but unfortunately it won't work.
All the interior lamps are powered by the BCU.

Post no. 6 has the best chance of working. I hope that Strangeangel tries it when he's with the car at the weekend.

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Old 22nd May 2022, 15:43   #37
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So today was the day. I didn't try the method in post #6, as the car was parked on grass. I took the cover off the bit to the left of the door handle to reveal a lock which (unsurprisingly) didn't work with my keys. Try as I might, I couldn't bust the lock despite attempting to hammer a screwdriver into it (I'd never cut it as a car thief). In the course of all this hammering, to-ing and fro-ing I managed to make the whole lock assembly fall into the bottom of the door... oops.

Tried pushing the back seat down from in the boot... no dice. Tried getting the wheel nuts off to try the pulling the bonnet cables idea - someone at Kwik Fit (other fast fit bodgers are available) had wanged them up to about 14382Nm. No way was I getting those off with a wheel brace. So I ended up doing the thing I didn't want to do, and put a hammer through the driver's window. I carefully hoovered all the bits of glass up, and pulled the bonnet release.

Now to charge the battery up and get the doors open. Fat chance. My multi-meter revealed that the battery contained all of 1.2V, and all the charger did when connected to this was say "Error". I went and rummaged in the garage and found - of all things - a 12V transformer from a model railway. Once wired up to the battery and fired up, the car's alarm went off! Success. I pressed the key buttons until it shut up and opened the doors. With no chance of a running engine (my jump leads were too short!) I pushed the beast to where it needed to be.

I got there in the end... thanks to everyone who posted.
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Old 22nd May 2022, 17:52   #38
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Old 23rd May 2022, 08:17   #39
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Where abouts in Yorkshire are you? I may have a door glass, what is the colour code of the car, may have a drivers door 5
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Where abouts in Yorkshire are you? I may have a door glass, what is the colour code of the car, may have a drivers door 5

Hi Dave, I have an 05 Connie CDTI with a badly scratched drivers door glass, clear not tinted.


Would you have one knocking about at all ?


I'm not far away from you, just outside Manchester.


I'm not in any rush for one, just trying to track a reasonable one down.


Thanks for your time, Cheers, Bill.




P.s. I may be nipping up and down to Wales a few times in the next week or so, and if travelling there may be a delay in me answering any of your messages.
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