Hi all,
Coincidence or otherwise, the 93 1.4i Astra has been starting fine, since I pulled the connector off the coil and pushed it back on again. I noticed the contacts within all looked pretty black and even though I haven't cleaned them properly yet, it hasn't not started 'on the button' since.
However, a nearly as frustrating issues is other one I mentioned at the same time and that is the central locking seems to have gone nuts?
'Now' (it got progressively worse over a few days), the central locking doesn't seem to work at all from the drivers door key (there is no remote function) and if deadlocked it seems you can't open the passenger door with the (same) key either?
So, you open the drivers door and all the others remain (dead?)locked and you can't undo them from the inside. When you turn off the ignition, more often than not, all the other doors unlock and the drivers door locks? However, you can unlock the drivers door by pulling up the button and you have to re-lock all the other doors from the inside before you exit and lock the drivers door with the key (or push the button down and shut the door etc).
Now, I'm assuming there must be some electric switch / function in the drivers door lock mech and therefore wiring going though the door hinge to the rest of the car that could have fractured (old and cold etc) but before I pull the drivers door apart, are there any other places / things I could check please? Is there an easy access connector I could pull where I could simulate a working door switch?
Cheers, T i m