Re: Trunk Solenoid

["Gil Harvey" <Gil@Old-Hippy.com>]

> Hello to All
> 
> Perhaps someone can answer this question.  I have a '82 XJ6 and
> noticed that when I lock my doors, the trunk will also lock.  But
> when I unlock my doors, the trunk will still remain locked.  Taking
> a closer look in the trunk compartment I noticed that on the
> solenoid there are two wires; one that moves the latch to the lock
> position when power is brought to it and the other that unlocks the
> latch.  The unusual thing is that there is no lead (power supply
> coming from the door lock switch) for the unlock connection, only to
> the lock connection.  My question is- is there supposed to be a
> connection for the solenoid to unlock or was the XJ6 just designed
> to only lock the trunk?
> 
> Thanks in advance for any help
> Brian Williams

    That's the way it was designed, Brian. I recently added an alarm 
system to my '85 S3, and ran an extra wire to the trunk solenoid, now 
the trunk unlocks & locks with the alarm remote as does the doors.

     Have a great day..................
Gil Harvey              Old Hippy Productions, Inc
Gil@Old-Hippy.com       http://www.old-hippy.com
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