these are standard on Delicas after August 1991, the catch is that you loose access to the rear lock button (it's under that brake light,sure enough, a factory installed high mount brake light.
I was thinking along those lines, but it looked to me like the actual light itself would interfere... I'd be interested in seeing the pictures...'Nother point I took off my high mount light and drilled a 1 1/2" hole in the housing so I can now accsess the inside lock button. Before it goes back on you have to put a strip of electrical tape inside to mask the light so it doesn't illuminate the inside of the van. I'll post a pic when I get back from holidaze.
No, I think the switch on the dash is a hold-over from the original purpose of these vehicles "DELI"very-"CA"r. Thus, the driver stays in the vehicle and can unlock/lock the rear gate. The Moon Machine is a 1990 and doesn't have the high-mount brake light, but does have the gate switch on the dash.JMK wrote:So the next question I have with regard to this. Was the switch on the dash meant to replace the fact you can't manually depress the rear gate lock?
Try with it with Firefox, I know Safari is based on the KDE browser engine (Konqueror) and it has a few standards compliance issues.Artacoma wrote:Just went out and took some pics but my fancyass macbook pro keeps crashing safari when I try to add attachments to a post. I'll fiddle with it sometime in the next couple of days.
Yes.So when you use that switch, does the locking knob on the rear gate physicaly move up and down?
As the Delica doesn't come from the factory with a remote, it will all depend on how the person who installed it set things up. Most likely it won't as it's a completely separate circuit, however it could be wired to do so. (the remote I have for my vehicle has the "trunk release" button wired to unlock the tailgate, but I still have to lock it manually (which isn't a big deal for me as my vehicle is from before the brake light was added so I just hit the button while closing the tailgate))Also I'll have to check and see if the remote that unlocks the doors unlocks the gates.
not if done properly. key word being properly. any system designed to have the engine running while the vehicle is un-occupied would normally be equipped with a fail-safe of sorts, the usual one is to shut-off the engine if the brake is applied and no key has been put in the ignition, being that you need to apply the brake to shift out of park, you can't go anywhere without the key. (that's how mine works anyway)BTW, these Turbo Timers. If you remove your key and leave the vehicle could someone still drive away while the timer is active?
