Hey guys, I just bought my E30, and it had a broken driver's door lock. It'd lock the truck, but not the door. It wouldn't unlock the trunk either. So I bought a rebuild kit from Pelican Parts, and installed it. It locks and unlocks the door... awesome! At first, it locked the trunk too, but wouldn't unlock it. Now it doesn't unlock it either. The central locking does do both locking and unlocking, right? I'm assuming you can lock/unlock both doors/trunk using any of the three.
I also noticed, it was really hard to turn it to the horizontal position, I'm guessing that's just a break in period though, since it already seems to be turning easier. Is that normal though?
If it matters, my car is missing the central locking solenoid from the pass. door... don't ask why, I just discovered it after investigating a noise. He also managed to mangle one of the bolt holes into the size of a fucking quarter while removing it...anyhow.
Also, anyone know what this little black box does, that comes into contact with one of the springs on the lock cylinder? It's the one in this pic:

So... ideas? Keep in mind, within 5 minutes, my central locking went from barely functioning (locking the trunk from driver's door) to not at all. No idea why.
I also noticed, it was really hard to turn it to the horizontal position, I'm guessing that's just a break in period though, since it already seems to be turning easier. Is that normal though?
If it matters, my car is missing the central locking solenoid from the pass. door... don't ask why, I just discovered it after investigating a noise. He also managed to mangle one of the bolt holes into the size of a fucking quarter while removing it...anyhow.
Also, anyone know what this little black box does, that comes into contact with one of the springs on the lock cylinder? It's the one in this pic:

So... ideas? Keep in mind, within 5 minutes, my central locking went from barely functioning (locking the trunk from driver's door) to not at all. No idea why.
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