Like Bill's 89 RR, my 87 RR fuel filler cover *is* tied to the central
locking system.
It's quite embarrassing when the dog leans on the door lock post while at
the same time the gas attendant is trying to open the filler door.
Rapping on the window is the remedy in this case : )
Lori
in Pennsylvania where spring has finally sprung and the rovers are all
happily sunning themselves.
www.simplerthyme.com/store/LR.html
>Date: Sat, 21 Apr 2001 11:46:28 -0400
>From: William L Leacock <roverbilly@juno.com>
>Subject: LRO: Central locking.
>
> >Today when using my 89 RR for a trip to work (yesterday the alternator
>light came on on my winter beater Buick) I noted that the central
>locking mechanism was not functioning. Went to the gas station to fill
>up and realised the need for the system to work.
>Marin's reply:
>In our '91 Range Rover, the fuel filler cover has its own button and
>relay. It is not (to my knowledge) tied to the door locking system.
>I've had the cover stick once, where it would not release when the
>button was pushed. This was because the cover had been bent
>slightly on its hinges, and the locking bar couldn't retract from the
>locking tab. It just took a second to "reposition" the cover to
>eliminate the binding. But perhaps the '89 model uses a different
>locking system. Failure of the passenger door locking system might
>be a failure of the central door locking "computer."
>___________________________
>C. Marin Faure
> (original owner)
> 1973 Land Rover Series III-88
> 1991 Range Rover Vogue SE
> Seattle
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