BIG problem, cant get in the car

[mcandmar]

That could be interesting if its in gear

I second your plan, pull the undertray off and connect a spare battery (or car) to the earth strap and positive on the alternator. (big fat red wire)

Bleep alarm and your in...

Or come to think of it the fat wire at the starter motor if thats easier

[Erikb]

Thanks for the reactions

I am not really a technicien, I have had a peak under the car, but I havent seen one of the wires. Can someone tell me, maybe with a photo or a drawing which wires I have to connect.

thanks in advance,

Erik de Bruijn

[Erikb]

The car isnt standing in gear, so if it is the easiest solution to connect it to the starter motor wire maybe I can do this.

[Erikb]

Is there a feature on the car that when the battery is completly dead all the locks will close. Or cab the alarm do this?, as fas as I know the alarm is a Class I alarm, so not really a high tech alarm.

[Stick Insect]

Is there a feature on the car that when the battery is completly dead all the locks will close. Or cab the alarm do this?, as fas as I know the alarm is a Class I alarm, so not really a high tech alarm.

Most alarms will automatically lock the doors if the power is disrupted as a security feature. Thieves got wise to this and started removing the power and the doors would unlock when the power was put back on!

I don't know if the deadlocks are triggered by the alarm.

David

[Erikb]

I called different lock service companies, only one could open the lock, but this one was to fas away and didnt had this service in my area. I think the best solution is to try to connect a battery, or car, to one of the wires under the car. IS there maybe a photo where I can see the drawing to which I have to connect the extra battery?

[Erikb]

Does someone have a picture of the underside of the car, so I can see where the alternator is. I have searched on the forum and the internet but cant find a picture.

I would be gratefull.

erik de Bruijn

[porkkis]

Alternator is in front of the radiator.
Starter motor is below RH side engine mount and quite visible from under the car.

Applying voltage to the thick starter wire causes no starting as it needs voltage to the thinner one that controls the solenoid. The thick one is always attached to the battery and is unfused.

Thick one probably has some yellow covering.

[Erikb]

What is the best and most easy thing to do? Can it be done with starting cables and the battery of another car?

I just have to have power for a sec. then i can open the locks and go into the car and replace the battery.

thanks for all the help

[porkkis]

Well I would probably jack up the car and insert a needle or screw or nail or something throuhg the starter cable insulation and then use the starting cables.
Of course the insulation has to be fixed if there was some damage done.

[Erikb]

Okee I jacked up the car looked under it and took a photo, which I hope is of the alternator. Can someone confirm this, and tell if the black cable which you see is the cable which I have to connect to the other battery of another car.



Thanks (again ),

Erik

[porkkis]

That's an alternator ok. You need to connect the other battery to the terminal that has a 8mm nut on it, not the small one that is for the charge indicator light.

[Erikb]

Porkkis,

Cant I just put a screw in the black cable and then connect the red starter cable to it? And is the black cable only for earth.

thanks

[porkkis]

Uh. Perhaps you should get someone to help you before you burn the whole car.

[Erikb]

hehehe , yeah maybe.

But the black cable is the right cable?, so when i put a screw in this cable and connect the red starter cable from the battery to the screw, this has to work, right?

Do i only have to earth the black cable?

After earthing the black cable I should have power and open the door.