tentonhammer

elliott: Live jump lead to starter body = Fire works. Sounds pretty rad to me ---------- Post added at 03:04 PM ---------- Previous post was at 03:03 PM ---------- Waiting on some day light and a spare 12V before I can get started on this...

I have a similar problem on mine - SR tilts perfectly but jams up just before it's about to slide back. Pretty sure the problem is one sided probably the rocker assembly. Infact, I've got a pretty good idea it is. Tony_ack: Agreed. If you can work on this sort of thing off the car, pref on a seperate unit or if you're lucky enough to have your own garage (the envy of us all) it's def worth doing. Problem for most of us is having to do this sh*t in the middle of the street, outside in the wet and wild. StueyB: Totally. What's the point of owning your own motor if you can't fix it? It's like owning your own shooter and not knowing how to dis-assemble and re-assemble it, cleaning every last piece of it checking for faults along the way - Your Rado, Merc, Beemer whatever, is no different.

Swiftkid - I'll have to! Have you ever done jump lead to starter and earth before? Will certainly be a first for me... Done my homework though and it seems logical. At least on a motorbike you can't lock your self out! I love the rado, what can I say...

Twisted irony = The jack needed to boost my car up so I can attach the 12V and jump leads to the starter motor etc - is in the boot. If only I could get into the damn boot?!! Gotta laugh at that sh*t huh ---------- Post added at 03:40 PM ---------- Previous post was at 03:34 PM ---------- Critical_Mass - If the 12V doesn't work (spoke to a few garages that have recommened this) I'm going through the grille for def. Even if I gotta put a stock one on for a while afterwards it's alot cheaper than forking out 500 big ones for a new window. Would be interested to know how much a second hand one would cost?

Ok so I wrote a fairly lengthy reply to you all this morning but for some reason it hasn't appeared on the thread yet???? I'm new to the forum, coulda hit the wrong button. Lets try again shall we! Big thank you guys for your help on this. I'll def be getting a new battery anyway, might as well rig it up to the starter motor and see if I can open the car with the central locking first. The front grille's a painted custom, same colour as the car. If I try to remove it I bet it can't be done without damaging the grille or at the very least the grille paintwork. Going through the glass just isn't an option - Small rear side window will cost £447.00, the door glass £500.00. Ouch! No way... As for going through boot, I haven't got any other key, just the one used for ignition. Tried getting into the boot again and the thing ain't gonna budge. I'm not able to turn the key keft or right, only inwards which does sweet F.A. Don't have a light above the rear plate, it's all smooth so can't rig the 12V up through there. I'd be careful doing this anyway, you don't want to overload the lighting circuit, fry your relays etc. I'll stick to the starter motor It's dark by the time I get home so will have to wait for the w/e before attempting a legal break in...

Man I love this forum ;) Thanks guys for your thoughts and help on this. Still can't believe I'm locked out of my own car... and I even have the key! In response: Critical_Mass - I thought about going through the grille to pop the hood. Only problem with this is, the car has a custom grille on the front painted the same colour as the car. Removing it from the outside will most certainly damage it or at the very least mess up the paint work. Wouldn't mind if it was a stock one but it isn't. BTW Haven't got the brick out yet, thought better of it... More like discovered this morning it would cost a f*@king bomb if I did! - Small Rear Side Panel glass, Cost: £447.00. Rado glass is NOT cheap. Thought about cutting the seal and removing it myself, will have to check with German & Swedish on cost for replacement seal. Could maybe pull one on my insurance if worst comes to worst, but that would mean going against everything I believe in eh... ;) elliot - The boot was opened a month ago with the key (I think, wasn't me that opened it I was already in the drivers seat). Might have been in central locking position (horizontal) so key hole just needed to be pressed in to open boot. I will confirm this. BTW I have no other key. Wullie - External 12V battery to starter motor. This is certainly my preferred option. Slight problem with this though - My jack's in the back of the car and the rado is pretty much on the floor! To all members: Do you know where the starter motor or solenoid would be located if I could get underneath the car? I'll probably be able to identify it but a heads up would be nice. I'll have to nab a jack from somewhere as well, unless of course I work out how to turn myself into a tool weilding puddle. GCDG60 - I don't have a rear number plate down light. The rear has also been smoothed, the car was bought this way. I would have thought though that you would be putting too much load through the lighting circuit? Might end up frying your relays, I'd be careful doing this, could be wrong though... Given up on the door handles being passat one's as well. Thought about it last night - the only key I have is ignition and boot (though for some reason the boot refuses to co-operate at the moment). Even if the door handles were off a Passat and they did have hidden keyholes on them, my key would propbaly be useless anyway? Assuming of course lock mechanism was replaced aswel. I've never replaced or swapped door handles before so not sure. Wish so badly I could get in through the boot... No matter how hard I try the lock won't urn in either direction. Pushing it in does nothing aswel.

Hi guys, I haven't used my Corrado 16V 2.0 for about 3 weeks, I drive a motorbike as well and have been using this lately, went to open the rado up this afternoon with my central locking key fob and nothing happened - the doors didn't unlock and I got no beep indicating the alarm had been turned off as I usually get. So, I changed the battery in the key fob and tried again - Again nothing happened. The rado has an alarm fitted to it (not sure what type) and I suspect this has drained the car battery while it has sat idle for a few weeks. Problem is I can't access the car using my key either! The door handles have no keyhole on them and are painted the same colour as the car (The car was bought this way) and the key doesn't seem to work in the boot either?? If I could get into the boot I could pop the hood and replace the battery unlock central locking etc, but I can't get into the car at all! I'd hoped the key would simply unlock the boot but it doesn't seem to do anything. The boot lock itself won't turn left or right but does push in. At present the keyhole is in the horizontal position. Questions: If the central locking bombs out due to a dead car battery while the boot's keyhole is in the horizontal position, would this lock you out of the boot all together? I would have thought I could turn the key into the Vertical position (even with the central locking on or if the battery had died) to open the boot manually but I can't turn the key at all. It seems to be locked in the horizontal position and won't budge. Is there a way of popping the hood without opening the car doors so that I can remove the battery? How do I get enough charge into the battery from outside the car so I can unlock the central locking? I.e using a 12V Battery for instance, negative to starter motor, earthing to chassis etc. Anyone done something similar? As the door handles don't have keyholes on them, I was wondering what the door handles might be, or what car they might be from? I'd imagine there are only so many door handles you can fit to a Corrado. They look like they could be Passat one's and as I understand the have hidden keyholes on. I've had a good look at the handles I can't seem to pop anything off to reveal (potentially) a hidden keyhole. Is there a special tool required to do this? I will put pics of the door handles on tomorrow, too dark for a pic now. If anyone can help me or just share your thoughts on this before I tape the rear side window up and smash the damn thing in that would be great. Cheers, Ten Ton