Sam Shunned Those Ordinary Doggie Toys

DN Staff

September 27, 2004

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Sam Shunned Those Ordinary Doggie Toys

Given a close relative with a propensity for locking the keys in the car, James tried a variety of Slim-Jims, Lock-picks, and other tools to gain forcible entry to his own car before he decided to go high-tech. Fortunately, he drives an older-model Chrysler and was able to wire in parallel to the door lock a momentary switch hidden inside a drilled hole on the driver's side mirror. He discovered Fords to be a tad more burglar-proof, requiring the addition of an in-line relay to activate the door lock.

Locked car access system parts list:

Amt

Part Description

Allied Part #

1

Switch, momentary on

676-0580

1

Relay, SPST, 12Vdc

686-0138

For James Henderson's instruction on how to get into locked cars with no tools, as well as some schematic drawings and documentation, click

here

.

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