g4wam

they are not hood jamming strips, but what are they really?
they appear to be made for the hood rails in a past life.
I have the dangly ones too !!
mike

that is exactly what I did after I got the passenger door off ,reversed the superlock with a 12volt supply from the cigarette lighter socket ( lock cables removed first) , then I replaced the super lock SCU relay which had gone faulty.
But i never wanted that scenario to happen again so cut the wires to the super lock part of the passenger door lock..

mike

continuing the theme here., MGF/TF doorlocks are in 2 varieties from memory..
MGF are different in that they have a single cable on the driver /passenger side-no reversing wiring (SCU relay)for the superlock
MGTF have 2 cables on the driver side and the passenger side-reverser wiring (SCU) relay for the superlock

Internally they are the same-(bold statement from me)
I had a whole load of info and dissection pictures on here but cant find them anymore.
The main failure on door locks is the microswitches which can be cleaned after lock dissection

I you have a TF and it has deadlocked on the passenger side -the fault more that likely will be the SCU superlock relay and not the lock mech (another bold statement from my experience)

regards

Mike

sorry, forgot to ask -do you have an MGTF or F
The f doesn't use a PLEKTRON SCU body controller which have the relay issues.
I am not aware of F's having relay issues

mike

Hi there,
there is one other area that can cause this effect ,PeKtron SCU relays beginning to fail
there are 2 --Central Locking and Superlocking
Central Locking mainly affects the driverside as it has an extra microswitch inside the lock
Superlockling is the deadliest as it can deadlock any side , the worst being the passenger side as there is no keylock access and you cant get the door pin up by hand. I got around this once by removing the seats to get to the passenger door card which then has to be removed whilst the door is closed , it is achievable without damage then the doorlock can be dissembled , but the problem was with the superlock SCU relay not the doorlock.

mike

thanks to those that answered -it seams that the rear window plastic cleaner will be a good staring options.
Used to have some for my old MGF but don't need it now I have a glass rear window

thanks

Mike