No longer locked out of my car - a thank you - Page 2

Daveymaclad · 09-02-12, 07:29 AM

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Originally Posted by msh

Whoah, 1,5A for instrument cluster

Yup, no battery can last a whole night of that! This is the same digi dash that Pete rebuilt for me after it effectively caught fire three days before my wedding in 2009! It's just not powering down when the ignition is off.

As I've only driven 300 or so miles since then I've not got it sorted yet! But the time is coming!

Tun · 09-02-12, 08:01 AM

Get some WD40 and push the little red straw into the lock and blow a load in so that it displaces any moisture that could potentially freeze in future. It works for me and it's always bloody cold here!

John. · 09-02-12, 08:05 AM

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Originally Posted by BIGGYIN

I just whip it out(smaller than usual.)and just p*ss on the lock.

I bet your neighbours love you!...do you do their locks as well?

4v6 · 09-02-12, 08:17 AM

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Originally Posted by BIGGYIN

I just whip it out(smaller than usual.)and just p*ss on the lock.

ya dirty bugger!

yeti · 09-02-12, 10:34 AM

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Originally Posted by BIGGYIN

I just whip it out(smaller than usual.)and just p*ss on the lock.

Lock thawed and territory marked in one go - winner!

Roger Galvin · 09-02-12, 11:30 AM

Might be an idea for the Moderator to remove the best advice as to how to break into a quattro without damaging the door from the earlier related thread. Wasn't the best idea I've ever had putting that on line for all to read!!

Roger Galvin
Technical Secretary, qOC
quattro Workshop

Phil Payne · 09-02-12, 11:53 AM

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Originally Posted by missfire

boiling water works too..

Yes, but keep it well away from the glass. I remember a colleague in Germany dumping a bucket of hot water onto the windscreen of a hired BMW 7 series many years ago - the windscreen just blew out onto the bonnet.

Daveymaclad · 09-02-12, 12:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Roger Galvin

Might be an idea for the Moderator to remove the best advice as to how to break into a quattro without damaging the door from the earlier related thread. Wasn't the best idea I've ever had putting that on line for all to read!!

Roger Galvin
Technical Secretary, qOC
quattro Workshop

I agree

My original help thread was deleted for this very reason. I'd only started this thread to say thanks!

09-02-12, 08:01 AM	#12
Tun Grown up member Classic Audi Club Member Join Date: May 2011 Location: Buxton Posts: 745	Get some WD40 and push the little red straw into the lock and blow a load in so that it displaces any moisture that could potentially freeze in future. It works for me and it's always bloody cold here!

09-02-12, 11:30 AM	#16
Roger Galvin Grown up member Classic Audi Club Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Posts: 239	Might be an idea for the Moderator to remove the best advice as to how to break into a quattro without damaging the door from the earlier related thread. Wasn't the best idea I've ever had putting that on line for all to read!! Roger Galvin Technical Secretary, qOC quattro Workshop