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[bluefiestamk3]

oh great is that wire important to have.

come again?

The brown wire with no ring terminal on it? you can get a ring terminal for about 3p slide it onto the bare wire and crimp it on, not sure which boot motor i sold you i have about 6

[Syorme]

its alright worked it out.

thought you meant the whole wire cuz there aint no brown wire

but i do have a black wire with no conector on the end so i guess you meant just the conector was missing.

if you get what i mean.

[bluefiestamk3]

yeh thats it thats the earth, i wanna do this guide pictures and s**t but aint got no cam batterys oh well ill have a go in paint

[bluefiestamk3]

[bodyworkbob]

my 5 year old brother could work out how to do that! thats the kind of electrics i used 2 do when i was 10

[Superal]

lol at the paint diagram

[wywywywy]

Hi bluefiestamk3,

I really appreciate your effort, but any chance for pics of the real thing please?

Thanks.

[bluefiestamk3]

that aint an effort took me 5 mins



real pics, when i can find some batterys for the cam

[Superal]

are there any particular wires you recommend i should use or will any do?

[Syorme]

i have found a wiring diagram in the back of my haynes manual if anyone needs i'll try and take pics or scan it

[Syorme]

ok quick question which way does your boot release motor go

does it go verticle or horizontal to the boot

[bluefiestamk3]

ok quick question which way does your boot release motor go

does it go verticle or horizontal to the boot

i think u [ERRR] get someone else to do it , it goes vertical there is the 2 holes in the boot already for it, there will be a goldy plate on one side of the boot relesase that goes face down to the metal of the tailgate

[Syorme]

thats alright then thats how i've got it

i just seen i diagram of the same boot release and it was horizotal.

[Superal]

ok if someone knows the standard pin for the boot release on the tailgate then speak otherwise i will have to get that B**stard trim off the tailgate to have a look

[Syorme]

i've just fitted my boot release and i connected it to the same pin as for my boot light and it works fine

oh by the way it was the far right pin and connection plate as you look at it.

if you want i can take photos

[~Tony~]

my boot release keeps mucking up it always works but doesnt always pop the boot if that makes sense someone will figure out what i mean.

how do you adjust it or do i need a new one?

[bluefiestamk3]

my boot release keeps mucking up it always works but doesnt always pop the boot if that makes sense someone will figure out what i mean.



how do you adjust it or do i need a new one?

bit of wd40 and emery or just scrub the contact plates/pins oon the tailgate and base of the boot. make sure they are clean

[Superal]

i've just fitted my boot release and i connected it to the same pin as for my boot light and it works fine

oh by the way it was the far right pin and connection plate as you look at it.

if you want i can take photos

nice one mate cheers

[~Tony~]

cleaned it all up and it still doesn't work properly

you can hear the solenoid working it just doesn't always pop the boot open.

if you press down hard on the boot and then pop it it works. any suggestions as to why.?

[bluefiestamk3]

Take the trim panel off the boot and look at the rod which connects from the motor to the boot latch, maybe came out of its clips, or cud jus be a weak motor pushing down on the tailgate takes the weight off the latch and it will pop easier. o the trim panel, you will take the screws out and it wont come off, you have to gently ease it off but 7 times outta ten it cracks

[richy_w]

this may sound really dumb but i know how to wire the release up tht aint the problem its the physical fitting! Ive put the motor in an everythin but the hook tht comes from the latch at the bottom of the boot up to the lock, ive taken it out the plastic clip on the lock but cant see how it connects to the arm on the motor an it also appears to be too long any help would be great! cheers lads (an gals )

[heeman10]

If you look inside the boot latch mech you'll see there are TWO location points. Mine already had two white plastic clips in, some ppl's only seem to have one. If it's too long, it's likely the clip needs to be relocated to the bottom hole. I THINK you need to locate the latch end of the rod first, then attach it to the bracket on the solenoid, but I guess it could work better the other way round. Over a year since I did mine and can't remember. I think it works best if you attach the plastic clip to the solenoid first, then push the rod into the clip while it's in place, rather than trying to attach the rod AND clip at the same time. As I say, it's ages since I did it, so I can't remember all the details. Hope that helps a bit anyway.

[richy_w]

yea tht did help a bit but i think im missin a bracket off the sloenoid heres sum pics of the stuff ive got, im slightly confused how the rod attaches lol

[richy_w]

up still not fitted

[Syorme]

i had to modify my rod to make it fit

[richy_w]

how did u modify it? cud i b cheeky an ask for sum pics?

[Ghost]

ha, theres spose to be 2 rods, i only got one at the moment

what am i gong to do, must get round to fitting that

[Syorme]

i''l take the back off mine and take pics for you both

[heeman10]

Dudes, u shouldn't have to modify. In the latch mech, there are two available connectors. One positions the rod too high in the tailgate, one is the correct one. one is for the rod that comes down from the lock, the other is for the rod that travels to the boot release.

[Excursion]

As Heeham says, it's all about personal preference. He obviously likes it placed quite high up the tailagte.

You might have to play with the rod to find the best position, Heeman will give you expert advice.

[heeman10]

As Heeham says, it's all about personal preference. He obviously likes it placed quite high up the tailagte.

You might have to play with the rod to find the best position, Heeman will give you expert advice.

[badj]

mine worked fine on a 5 door 1.1

tho instead of wiring it to the battery i wired it up to the CD player live, and drilled a hole next to the ignition (wer immob on an xr2i wud b) and put the button there.

[Ollybee]

Red and white wire needs to go on the contact pin plate in the tailgate, cant remember which prong it goes on (will look tommorow)

Then in the shell of the car on the contact plate there will be a wire in there, again i cant remember which prong i will look tommorow.

The wire from the contact plate goes all the way to the front of the car, hide is under the boot carpet down the sides of the rear seats then under the sill covers or something, then it goes onto the switch for the boot release.

YOU WILL NEED TO GET THE CONTACT PLATE AND CONTACT PIN PLATES FROM A XR2I OR RS TURBO OR ANYTHING WITH A BOOT POPPER AS STANDARD!

I pulled all mine out my crashed Si which had an electric pack. The boot release did not go through the contact plate. I have had low spec and high spec fiestas and everyone has only had four conatcts on the plate. When I stripped it out the solenoid had two wires. The brown one had the ring terminal on it and that earthed in the same place as the rear wiper. The red and white wire was fed up the drivers side of the boot lid and into the top of the boot door. It then went through a rubber connection pipe and the wire fed into the headlining and then along the clips above the driver's rear windows and over the driver's door frame, down behind the plastic a pillar cover and down behind the dashboard to the switch. It then went to pin 87A on the ignition relay.

I phoned ford they said that there was actually four seperate boot release looms however they had no more available. I suppose then that there could be three other way to wire this up. But the fiesta I was putting this into was a basic classic with rear wipe and heated rear window and all the pins on the plate were used. Also I had to grab the rubber connection pipe (between boot lid and roof) and there were no other wires in it so the boot release must be it's only use.

Hope this helps.

[heeman10]

The way I've outlined to do it will work regardless of the model of Fiesta. It is hard-wired from a live source, put through a switch, sent to the relevant contact plate, and the solenoid itself is earthed with the brown wire, and the second wire is connected to the corresponding pin on the tailgate. It can't fail

[Max M4X WW]

Theres supposed to be a clippy thing in that hole. Mine was red.