So I was at the Jacksonville overpriced junkyard today. Only because they have 4 E36's right now. At a junkyard without a key and obviously without power is there any reasonable way to unlock a BMW door. I had access to the internal levers and the plunger but nothing I could do would unlock the door. Also getting into the trunk would be nice too. I like power door locks but not being able to open them from the inside manually is rediculous. What am I missing?
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Sept. 15, 2010 6:32 p.m. SupraWes Dork
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Sept. 15, 2010 6:45 p.m. njansenv HalfDork
SupraWes wrote: . What am I missing?
A key.
I'm not sure about E36's, but the double lock on the E30's prevents one from manually unlocking anything.
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Sept. 15, 2010 7:00 p.m. Tommy Suddard SonDork
Sounds like it's double locked. You're screwed if that's the case.
Or if you can pick locks, pick the lock.
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Sept. 15, 2010 7:44 p.m. 02Pilot Reader
Used to be that a sharp whack with a lump hammer just below the trunk lock would pop it, but that may have ceased to be true after the E30/E32/E34 generation.
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Sept. 15, 2010 8:48 p.m. Tyler H Dork
A brick?
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Sept. 15, 2010 9:03 p.m. Brett_Murphy New Reader
In reply to SupraWes:
Pity, if the trunk is locked like that there is a chance the toolkit is still there. I love finding complete toolkits in BMWs at the junkyard.
I've been to yards that keep the keys up in the office. You might try asking there if you've not already.
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Sept. 15, 2010 9:09 p.m. MrJoshua SuperDork
There's a ski hole panel behind the rear seat. If you are Osterkraut sized or less you can pop it off with a screwdriver and squeeze through. I heard you got skinny a while back so you might be in luck.
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Sept. 16, 2010 5:56 p.m. SupraWes Dork
Thanks guys, I guess there's really nothing that I could have easily done. I did have the back seat off, nice black leather one that followed me home I thought about squirming through the ski hole but I had no light or much knowledge to figure out what to do from there.
I may go back soon better prepared, there's still a black dashboard, and a center console armrest that wants to follow me home.
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Sept. 16, 2010 7:24 p.m. mad_machine SuperDork
yes.. double locking is nice when everything works.. and a serious PITA when things go wrong.
I was at a yard today looking for seatbelt buckles for my 91 saab 900. Found a nice pair.. but could not get out because they were attached to power seats... can't move them without power to get them out of the damn car
