Hi Fred, I haven't seen one of those Fanzilla modules so far, but I bet it isn't worth what we have to pay for it with shiping, tax and this bad Euro. (Though it may be worth it when you earn dollars instead of this stupid Euro...) Just give me some time, right now I have to make the plans for the door lock module and the schematic for the automatic governor readable. But so far I can tell you - replace the transistors by some darlington types like BD679 and the 1k basis resistors by 10k ones and you're done. Like I said - 15 minutes and a beer, that's it. I'll make a better description of it in the next days and it will be posted here. Elvis & 6548..inside because we had snow today !!!!! Can somebody rent me a nice and cheap apartment in San Diego near the beach ? hi elvis, the modification you described sounds interesting to me. i never disassembled the modules, but i will do it in the winter season. my electronic knowledge is very good and if you could send me the wiring and specs of the required parts i could modify them. by the way, do you have a wiring of the fanzilla module? the price is very high for this little gadget and i think it will e also no problem building one if i could get the proper schematics. thanks, Fred vin 7069 -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- Von: Elvis Nocita [mailto:elvisnocita@xxxx] Gesendet: Montag, 23. September 2002 22:08 An: dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Betreff: AW: [DML] Door lock module & Fire Hi folks, you're right, I repaired about 10 Door lock modules and each of them had worn and burned relay contacts. And the relays are also the reason why the selenoids burn and therfore the power door lock system fails. If you wanna do something good for your car and its battery, simply replace 4 parts of the module and the current consumption during standby is lowered about more than 90% !!!! During stanby the module draws 13mA just to check the switch inside the door if the selenoids shall be activated or not. New sytems in cars are developed to draw less than some few micro amps during standby, that's about 1/1000 what that door lock module draws ! Anyone who knows a little about electronics can do this modification which is invisible from outside. Send me an email if you're interested, I will get you the plans in a (not only by me) readable version. The parts cost less than one dollar and it takes 15 minutes with getting the beer from the fridge to replace everything. I also developed a simple solution to protect the selenoids from burning when the relay contacts stick together. After 5 seconds this little tiny item reduces the current from about 10Amps to some hundred mA ! You will only recognize that the relais stick when youre doors don't lock anymore. But then your selenoid still are ok, while without that part you will have to replace the windings inside the selenoids. By the way, a boring job. Drop me a line if interested Elvis & 6548 -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- Von: dherv10@xxxx [mailto:dherv10@xxxx] Gesendet: Montag, 23. September 2002 06:00 An: dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Betreff: Re: [DML] Door lock module & Fire If a door lock module is over fused which most are, then rebuilt, remanufactured or new can cause a fire. If I repair one, I replace the 2 relay's in the black box and replace the diodes and check for any other component failure. DeLorean owners buy relay kits for the car, but very seldom does anyone ever mention the two relay's in the door lock module. They are normally the worst and none ever gets replaced because you can see them. So, yes if your over fused and never replaced the relays you stand a chance as Steve say's of causing a fire. John Hervey www.specialTauto.com << What about your "rebuild" of the door lock module? That is a critical part since that part can cause a FIRE if done improperly >> To address comments privately to the moderating team, please address: moderators@xxxx To search the archives or view files, log in at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ To address comments privately to the moderating team, please address: moderators@xxxx To search the archives or view files, log in at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/