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Help urgently required with door locks !!!!!

Postby transit hubcap » Thu Dec 31, 2009 7:37 pm

HI , this evening I had the transit ( 2002 2.4 Durotorq RWD High Roof ) out of the garage to warm it up and run it for a while as I am doing a camper conversion on it at the moment , anyway I drove it back in the shed and came out the side sliding
door due to access restrictions and on closing the side door with the only key for the van + the fob stuck in the ignition the central locking activated some how when the door closed shut and locked the van completely
Now I cannot get back in or have the means to unlock the van urgent help required please !!!!!!Any help appreciated .....

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Re: Help urgently required with door locks !!!!!

Postby MrMPuk » Thu Dec 31, 2009 7:40 pm

If you have no spare it's gonna be a case of either getting a locksmith out or smashing one of the quarter lights.
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Re: Help urgently required with door locks !!!!!

Postby crock » Fri Jan 01, 2010 1:11 pm

did the same to my transit, easyer to smash the side window,get another at berakers,this is easy to replace
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Re: Help urgently required with door locks !!!!!

Postby transit hubcap » Thu Jan 07, 2010 10:41 pm

Well as the old saying goes "do nothing in haste without first thinking it through" .
Having spent some time pondering on how to get back into the Transit while looking at the keys in the window tickles the old brain cells no end .Following talking to many learned individuals I came accross one brave man to tackle the job this very evening .
The tools he uses are a step ladder some pieces of plastic soffet . a flat screwdriver and a piece of strong wire . oh and some gfaffa tape to protest the top of the doors paintwork while he prises out the door top and inserts the wire to open the inside door handle ,while using the plastic pieces to guide the wire in and keep the door prised open and in 5 minutes hey presto , we can get back to the project in hand as soon as the weather warns up a bit like nearer 1 or 2 degrees maybe .
Many thanks for the advice on locksmiths and breaking windows but a good neighbour with a eye for a challenge is worth his weght in gold .
Payment is a weeks holiday for him and the wife in the camper when its finished .
Happy New Year to everyone .
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Re: Help urgently required with door locks !!!!!

Postby angeleye » Thu Jan 07, 2010 10:46 pm

dont do quarter light more expensive than side window
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Re: Help urgently required with door locks !!!!!

Postby angeleye » Thu Jan 07, 2010 10:48 pm

thats if you still have van now the local hoodies no how to get into your van,
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Re: Help urgently required with door locks !!!!!

Postby Steve B » Fri Jan 08, 2010 1:39 am

transit hubcap wrote:Well as the old saying goes "do nothing in haste without first thinking it through" .
Having spent some time pondering on how to get back into the Transit while looking at the keys in the window tickles the old brain cells no end .Following talking to many learned individuals I came accross one brave man to tackle the job this very evening .
The tools he uses are a step ladder some pieces of plastic soffet . a flat screwdriver and a piece of strong wire . oh and some gfaffa tape to protest the top of the doors paintwork while he prises out the door top and inserts the wire to open the inside door handle ,while using the plastic pieces to guide the wire in and keep the door prised open and in 5 minutes hey presto , we can get back to the project in hand as soon as the weather warns up a bit like nearer 1 or 2 degrees maybe .
Many thanks for the advice on locksmiths and breaking windows but a good neighbour with a eye for a challenge is worth his weght in gold .
Payment is a weeks holiday for him and the wife in the camper when its finished .
Happy New Year to everyone .
Transit Hubcap .
just a little too much info there , best to keep these things under your hat and not on an open forum
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Re: Help urgently required with door locks !!!!!

Postby winterheating » Fri Jan 08, 2010 1:46 am

Steve B wrote:
transit hubcap wrote:Well as the old saying goes "do nothing in haste without first thinking it through" .
Having spent some time pondering on how to get back into the Transit while looking at the keys in the window tickles the old brain cells no end .Following talking to many learned individuals I came accross one brave man to tackle the job this very evening .
The tools he uses are a step ladder some pieces of plastic soffet . a flat screwdriver and a piece of strong wire . oh and some gfaffa tape to protest the top of the doors paintwork while he prises out the door top and inserts the wire to open the inside door handle ,while using the plastic pieces to guide the wire in and keep the door prised open and in 5 minutes hey presto , we can get back to the project in hand as soon as the weather warns up a bit like nearer 1 or 2 degrees maybe .
Many thanks for the advice on locksmiths and breaking windows but a good neighbour with a eye for a challenge is worth his weght in gold .
Payment is a weeks holiday for him and the wife in the camper when its finished .
Happy New Year to everyone .
Transit Hubcap .
just a little too much info there , best to keep these things under your hat and not on an open forum


its not really a secret way of opening a door, when their deadlocked you cant do that anyway :wink:
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Re: Help urgently required with door locks !!!!!

Postby Steve B » Fri Jan 08, 2010 1:51 am

winterheating wrote:
Steve B wrote:
transit hubcap wrote:Well as the old saying goes "do nothing in haste without first thinking it through" .
Having spent some time pondering on how to get back into the Transit while looking at the keys in the window tickles the old brain cells no end .Following talking to many learned individuals I came accross one brave man to tackle the job this very evening .
The tools he uses are a step ladder some pieces of plastic soffet . a flat screwdriver and a piece of strong wire . oh and some gfaffa tape to protest the top of the doors paintwork while he prises out the door top and inserts the wire to open the inside door handle ,while using the plastic pieces to guide the wire in and keep the door prised open and in 5 minutes hey presto , we can get back to the project in hand as soon as the weather warns up a bit like nearer 1 or 2 degrees maybe .
Many thanks for the advice on locksmiths and breaking windows but a good neighbour with a eye for a challenge is worth his weght in gold .
Payment is a weeks holiday for him and the wife in the camper when its finished .
Happy New Year to everyone .
Transit Hubcap .
just a little too much info there , best to keep these things under your hat and not on an open forum


its not really a secret way of opening a door, when their deadlocked you cant do that anyway :wink:
then I spose the bloke trying to nick your van would just break the quarter light anyway, fair comment
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