Hey guys, has anyone come across an XU-1 with a boot popper. The reason I ask is the LJ i'm restoring at the moment has a small barrel looking thing with a wire coming out of it situated directly on top of where the boot latch is I'm only assuming it is a boot popper dunno what else it could be.
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, May 04 2011 05:43 PM
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Posted 04 May 2011 - 06:07 PM
Hey guys, has anyone come across an XU-1 with a boot popper. The reason I ask is the LJ i'm restoring at the moment has a small barrel looking thing with a wire coming out of it situated directly on top of where the boot latch is I'm only assuming it is a boot popper dunno what else it could be.
Cheers.
Might it be for an alarm? Maybe a switch to trigger alarm if boot is opened?
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Posted 04 May 2011 - 06:37 PM
Nah it looks factory like it has been on the car since day dot. It was under the bobtail which has never been removed as far as I know.
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Posted 04 May 2011 - 06:45 PM
Pic? Commodore have had that for 30 odd years.
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Posted 04 May 2011 - 07:24 PM
I'll take a photo later and try and post it up.
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Posted 04 May 2011 - 09:11 PM
I believe the poppers started in late HZ so of course around the 79... i dowbt an LJ would have had 1 factory but again a picture would help tell... For instance if it was original there should be a section of the boot different to a standard boot for it to attach onto
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Posted 04 May 2011 - 09:56 PM
You can't fit a boot release to a standard LC/J as you would need to replace the lock mechanism. I looked into this on the LJ.
I am sure I saw one on an original HJ statesman. The difference is the lock is fixed in the LC/J (as in the lock rod cannot be turned except by a key in the lock) whereas on the Statesman the lock rod could be turned when there was no key in it. I was going to try and find a Statesman lock to fit in my LJ to do a boot release, but alas it was one of the tasks that never got completed. I still have the motor and wire kit I brought from Jaycar somewhere.
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I am sure I saw one on an original HJ statesman. The difference is the lock is fixed in the LC/J (as in the lock rod cannot be turned except by a key in the lock) whereas on the Statesman the lock rod could be turned when there was no key in it. I was going to try and find a Statesman lock to fit in my LJ to do a boot release, but alas it was one of the tasks that never got completed. I still have the motor and wire kit I brought from Jaycar somewhere.
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Posted 05 May 2011 - 11:03 PM
This would be the item in question, any takers.
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Posted 06 May 2011 - 12:17 AM
This would be the item in question, any takers.
LOL, That's a new use for a starter motor solenoid. Home made electric boot release.
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Posted 06 May 2011 - 02:21 AM
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Looks like the solenoid from a grey motor starter motor.
Looks like the solenoid from a grey motor starter motor.
Edited by ls2lxhatch, 06 May 2011 - 02:24 AM.
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Posted 06 May 2011 - 12:58 PM
^ lol!
I actually really like the fact that it sits under the spoiler, although it's cooler to have no lock barrel at all
I actually really like the fact that it sits under the spoiler, although it's cooler to have no lock barrel at all
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Posted 06 May 2011 - 02:37 PM
So there's no way this factory fitted. I only ask because dad was the second owner and it wasn't that old when he got it and I know he didn't put it on.
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Posted 06 May 2011 - 03:24 PM
Aussie ingenuity at it's best! 
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Posted 06 May 2011 - 04:06 PM
I think i have a commodore boot popper somewhere, or maybe i sold it?... I dunno cant remember
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Posted 06 May 2011 - 04:08 PM
So there's no way this factory fitted. I only ask because dad was the second owner and it wasn't that old when he got it and I know he didn't put it on.
No mate, 150% not factory fitted.
Who would be dumb enough to mount it under the spoiler then have a hole in the boot lid for water to leak in through?
"'Looks like the solenoid from a grey motor starter motor".
Exactly what I thought ls2LXhatch but I haven't seen a a grey motor starter for a while to say for sure.
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Posted 06 May 2011 - 04:20 PM
Cool thanks Dave I'm gonna keep it on anyway cause it's part of the car as I remember it
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