boot release motor

[wintrading]

My boot release motor broke down. Can anyone tell me where i can buy such a motor?From which cars are they?
I guess they are not special made by TVR. So please some help. It is the same motor as the one for the electric windows.

[wildeep]

Its a solenoid, not a motor, so different to the windows, although they look very similar to the door lock solenoids. TMS have them on the shelf.

www.tvrgear.com/ProductDetail.asp?ProductID=20128

Give them a call to order, they seem to respond a bit quicker than to website orders.

>> Edited by wildeep on Monday 21st June 16:08

[just trouble]

Wintrading are you sure that it is the solenoid as these tend to be fairly reliable.Are you able to access the boot at all?I was at Le Mans last week and just filled up with petrol,next time I went to open the boot I couldn't.We were in fact at the Normandy beaches which is about 3 hours from St Marlo so had no means of fitting the roof panel as it was in the boot or of refuelingAfter calling my local TVR dealer we exhausted all the options of how to open the boot.Luckily it didn't rain for 3 days and I had just enough petrol to get me back to the ferry.And by luck my girlfriend had our passports in her handbag which were stowed in the boot all over the Le Mans event....Once back in England had no petrol left to get us home so just about got to Westover in Bournemouth and they fixed the boot in about 5 minutes.The cause was the cable from the solenoid to the boot catch had come off so if you need to gain access email me direct and I will tell you how to get in.Cheers. JT

>> Edited by just trouble on Wednesday 23 June 08:48

[Thatch]

‘tis true that it doesn’t necessarily follow that the solenoid has failed. (but I have had two fail in 6 years! – perhaps the solenoid Gods don’t like me!!)

They tend to seize, (or did for me) so when you do get into the boot, (and there is a way! Although extremely fiddly!! – e-mail me) and have peeled back the felt to reveal the solenoid, if it does not move in both directions freely, then chances are it’s the solenoid. (very cheap and easy to replace, just need to reverse the connectors if it is not moving in the correct direction when reassembled!)

[just trouble]

Just wait til you are abroard then see how funny it is when you can't refuel

>> Edited by just trouble on Wednesday 23 June 18:01

>> Edited by just trouble on Thursday 24th June 09:02