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Central locking unit

Posted: Sat Sep 15, 2012 4:27 pm
by helmi25cab
Hi does anybody know how to locate the cntral locking unit on 87 cab I've looked under the glove compartment and under the steering coloum and I'm confused .com. Any help will be most appriciated thanks.

Re: Central locking unit

Posted: Sat Sep 15, 2012 4:32 pm
by Grrrmachine
Follow the disassembly instructions in this article, until you get to the photo of the Central Locking unit:

http://www.e30zone.net/e30zonewiki/inde ... Delay_Unit

Re: Central locking unit

Posted: Sat Sep 15, 2012 9:05 pm
by Brianmoooore
Grrrmachine wrote:Follow the disassembly instructions in this article, until you get to the photo of the Central Locking unit:

http://www.e30zone.net/e30zonewiki/inde ... Delay_Unit
When the speaker is removed, there should be a black plastic piece blocking off the space below, which needs to be prised out before you can reach the locking ECU/ light delay unit. Not pictured or mentioned in the wiki article.

Re: Central locking unit

Posted: Mon Sep 17, 2012 10:32 pm
by helmi25cab
Thanks guys that was a lot of help now put a new cntral locking unit in and lock nd unlock with no problems...

Re: Central locking unit

Posted: Mon Sep 17, 2012 11:06 pm
by BenHar
Brianmoooore wrote:
Grrrmachine wrote:Follow the disassembly instructions in this article, until you get to the photo of the Central Locking unit:

http://www.e30zone.net/e30zonewiki/inde ... Delay_Unit
When the speaker is removed, there should be a black plastic piece blocking off the space below, which needs to be prised out before you can reach the locking ECU/ light delay unit. Not pictured or mentioned in the wiki article.
Have you got a picture of it, Brian? Neither of my cabriolets have this.

Thanks
Ben