I want this
remote entry/locks
Team Owner
Joined: Aug 2006
Posts: 24,125
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From: Columbia Missouri
I installed electric locks and keyless entry in my '77. I bought the kit, which came with everything I needed. I mounted the actuators, rigged so they would work on my Vette, and I mounted the control modules behind the passenger dash knee pad.
The door side locks are the manual switches, so the key in the door will also unlock and lock both doors just as the remote and interior switches will.
I love my system.
The door side locks are the manual switches, so the key in the door will also unlock and lock both doors just as the remote and interior switches will.
I love my system.
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Racer
Joined: Nov 2007
Posts: 367
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From: Las Vegas NV
I installed electric locks and keyless entry in my '77. I bought the kit, which came with everything I needed. I mounted the actuators, rigged so they would work on my Vette, and I mounted the control modules behind the passenger dash knee pad.
The door side locks are the manual switches, so the key in the door will also unlock and lock both doors just as the remote and interior switches will.
I love my system.
The door side locks are the manual switches, so the key in the door will also unlock and lock both doors just as the remote and interior switches will.
I love my system.
I should have known db would have it
was rigging the actuators that big a deal?
Team Owner
Joined: Aug 2006
Posts: 24,125
Likes: 15
From: Columbia Missouri
Nah, the hardest part was figuring out the difference in actuation. The actuators move about a full inch, but the Corvette linkages only moved half that. I had to use the washer to make it work so the actuators moved full travel and weren't stopped by the linkages bottoming out.
The actuators themselves are just screwed in place, and the wiring is all plug and play with the controllers.
Team Owner
Joined: Aug 2006
Posts: 24,125
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From: Columbia Missouri
Safety Car
Joined: Nov 2004
Posts: 4,359
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From: Mundelein Illinois
Buy this and you'll be good to go;
2 of these
http://www.crutchfield.com/App/Produ...514DS24&tp=154
and a keyless entry or alrm w/keyless (make sure module put out a negative pulse for lock/unlock)
about $80 - $100 for quality parts
2 of these
http://www.crutchfield.com/App/Produ...514DS24&tp=154
and a keyless entry or alrm w/keyless (make sure module put out a negative pulse for lock/unlock)
about $80 - $100 for quality parts
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Joined: Aug 2006
Posts: 188
Likes: 1
From: Kamloops BC
I put keyless on the 81 when I replaced the failed alarm module. It was easy but I needed 2 buffer relays to convert from a negative trigger to reverse polarity that the existing power door locks use.
Dale
Dale
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Joined: Jul 2004
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From: Alta Loma CA
Get this, my kit came from JC whitney about 10 years ago. I bought it becaues the cost was about $30 at the time. I just followed the instructions. Mine looked about the same as the pictures above. Except the actuator rod clamped with a uclamp and screw to the horizantal rod. I set it up to work with my alarm switch. It has been trouble free since. I love the set up.
