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sliding door electric closing (or not)
Posted: Sun Jul 03, 2011 10:08 pm
by bongo frenzee
Over the last couple of months I've noticed that the electric closing on the sliding door isn't always working, or takes 10-15 seconds to activate. It clicks and whirs a bit (like it's "thinking" about it) before working, or just doesn't work at all. Then mysteriously it will be fine for a week or so before playing up again.
We had the sliding door stick shut and had to employ the well-placed thump technique to open it from the inside a couple of times recently, could this be related?
Any ideas?
Re: sliding door electric closing (or not)
Posted: Sun Jul 03, 2011 10:28 pm
by daveblueozzie
Give the contacts on the door and the door frame a bit of a clean with emery paper, wont do any harm and might just solve your problem.
Re: sliding door electric closing (or not)
Posted: Tue Jul 05, 2011 11:25 pm
by Bogmonster40
on this point is there a switch to open this door automatically, or am i right in thinking not all V6 2.5 petrols are automatic rear door openers ?
Re: sliding door electric closing (or not)
Posted: Wed Jul 06, 2011 12:53 am
by jaylee
Bogmonster40 wrote:on this point is there a switch to open this door automatically, or am i right in thinking not all V6 2.5 petrols are automatic rear door openers ?
All (Regarding of model.) Bongo or Freda sliding doors are just that.. A sliding door!
All have central locking...
However, some have what is called soft closure... Instead of slamming the door shut, simply roll it closed, then in contact with the pins on the strike plate on the door pillar it will gently pull itself shut...
http://lushprojects.com/bongopartsmk2/c ... mgno=.html
If you got 5 pins (3 of which are raised & sprung for the soft closure mechanism.) instead of just the 2 for the central locking on the sliding door jam? Then thats what you got!

Re: sliding door electric closing (or not)
Posted: Sat Oct 29, 2011 4:54 pm
by Bogmonster40
Mine does have the soft closure pins, but i would love to have an automatic opening door !!
Re: sliding door electric closing (or not)
Posted: Sun Oct 30, 2011 12:55 pm
by bigdaddycain
Like this?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nHEj2z19cUI
They are a nice thing i must admit, but i can't help but think they would create expensive problems given time... (the doors, not the pizza)

Re: sliding door electric closing (or not)
Posted: Sun Oct 30, 2011 10:49 pm
by Bogmonster40
WOW - is that for real ?? no wonder the americans have such obesity problems !!
As for the door - i guess u are right, but i am fed up of getting to my front door of my home to find both my girls right behind me - and yes you guessed it, the back door of my bongo wide open and both girls saying they are desperate for the loo and neither of them was last out of the car !!!

Re: sliding door electric closing (or not)
Posted: Sun Oct 30, 2011 11:31 pm
by daveblueozzie
Bogmonster40 wrote:WOW - is that for real ?? no wonder the americans have such obesity problems !!
As for the door - i guess u are right, but i am fed up of getting to my front door of my home to find both my girls right behind me - and yes you guessed it, the back door of my bongo wide open and both girls saying they are desperate for the loo and neither of them was last out of the car !!!

The pizza is for real, me and bigdaddy waited about an hour for it to be hand made, 28 inches of pleasure between 5 of us (it didnt last long) the sliding door on the car was brilliant, we could open them from the tenth flooor of the hotel, it was funny watching people pass by as we opened and shut the doors.
Re: sliding door electric closing (or not)
Posted: Mon Oct 31, 2011 9:41 am
by Badger inkslinger
bigdaddycain wrote:Like this?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nHEj2z19cUI
They are a nice thing i must admit, but i can't help but think they would create expensive problems given time... (the doors, not the pizza)

BDC what do you type in on youtube to find these things!?
Re: sliding door electric closing (or not)
Posted: Sun Nov 06, 2011 11:39 pm
by bigdaddycain

I uploaded it Jode! It's one of my holiday vids!

And no i didn't eat all of that pizza!
