Just a general knowledge thing really, if my GTV ever gets a flat battery, with the battery in the boot, and on mine the boot has no key lock, only the electric release button in the glove box. Is it possible to open the boot?
Are you sure its not under the rear badge? If there is no lock then an external battery connected to earth and a live + feed should suffice as long you're careful.
Nope, mine has no lock, the rear badge is a low profile one like the front badge. I had a look at the internals in the boot, there is no mechanism, and nothing but the pop solenoid in the area. No rods, nothing!
Am thinking about retro fitting a lock to it! Its a bit weird!
No Unfortunately not, I've looked into this previously and there isn't one, shame, things like some Mercs with batteries in the boot have them but not Alfas......
I'm aghast that there isn't an external key operated lock.
The easiest way then would be to put a 12 volt supply in through the cigar lighter socket but strongly recommend that a reverse current protection diode is fitted in this. Suspect that the solenoid would draw about 5 amps, maybe more, for the short time required to spring the lock so ensure that whatever supply is used is capable of supplying this.
i'm aghast as to the no keylock thing, as to my knowledge all gtv had the swivel badge and lock?? can only think that it ws retrofitted like this instead of replacing unit, should be enough space to fit a new unit no??
Flat battery on 166, couldn't open the booot to recharge it. Glove compartment release wouldn't work, neither would the key in the boot lock. Alfa Romeo HQ in Dublin gave me the solution: turn the key in the boot lock while pressing down on the boot lid. It worked with some coaxing!
But use sparingly........otherwise it makes a lot of mess !!!!
Cheers To All
Peter
This is an older thread, you may not receive a response, and could be reviving an old thread. Please consider creating a new thread.
Related Threads
?
?
?
?
?
Alfa Romeo Forum
7.1M posts
216.7K members
Since 2001
The friendly Alfa Romeo Club - If you are looking to buy or you are already an Alfa Romeo owner, join alfaowner.com today to get the most from your ownership