Junkyard Trunk Solenoid Q.

[C9]

I'm about finished with a single side Bearclaw style trunk latch install in the 31 roadster.
By single side I mean the catch is single sided.
The latch proper is centered in the trunk sill.

Plans were to set up a cable release, but I think I'd rather use a solenoid.

Any good ones I should be looking for when we hit the junkyard in a few days?

[enjenjo]

The ones in the rear door on Ford vans work well, and are not too big.

[slocrow]

C9; I recently settled on a newer GM latch. It came from the trunk lid of a 94 Chevy Malibu. I plan to mount it to the body though it's 14 degrees off of vertical and will need some tinkering. I liked it because it had both the solenoid and a keyed tumbler options. The keyed tumbler is on a cable so I can mount it hidden underneath and the new, smaller size solenoid made the overall assembly much smaller, then the mid 80's I had planned to use originally. It also had the valet option so I could disable the solenoid with a slide switch, securing the trunk when the cab was open. Here's a couple of shots.
I tested it out with the bench battery and it seems to work fine for $7.50 USD. The black wire is ground, the black with white stripe is the pos lead but I'll be darned if I know what the orange and black is for.
Good hunting, Frank

[slocrow]

A couple of more shots..................the tumbler in the Malibu is rivited behind the right tail light so I left it and the mid 80's fits just fine....

[C9]

The ones in the rear door on Ford vans work well, and are not too big.

This would be the Soccer Mom size van?

I'm guessing it's used to pop the hinge up rear window?

Now that I think about the whole rear door comes up on these . . . I think.

[C9]

C9; I recently settled on a newer GM latch. It came from the trunk lid of a 94 Chevy Malibu. I plan to mount it to the body though it's 14 degrees off of vertical and will need some tinkering. I liked it because it had both the solenoid and a keyed tumbler options. The keyed tumbler is on a cable so I can mount it hidden underneath and the new, smaller size solenoid made the overall assembly much smaller, then the mid 80's I had planned to use originally. It also had the valet option so I could disable the solenoid with a slide switch, securing the trunk when the cab was open. Here's a couple of shots.
I tested it out with the bench battery and it seems to work fine for $7.50 USD. The black wire is ground, the black with white stripe is the pos lead but I'll be darned if I know what the orange and black is for.
Good hunting, Frank

Looks like a good way to go and may work well in the Model A roadsters.

I'm guessing the key switch shown is to operate the solenoid?
And maybe the cable looking thing isthe cable release proper?

[slocrow]

Looks like a good way to go and may work well in the Model A roadsters.

I'm guessing the key switch shown is to operate the solenoid?
And maybe the cable looking thing isthe cable release proper?

No cable release pull, directly. The keyed tumbler is the cable actuator and the solenoid stands alone............the slide switch selectively eliminates the solenoid, forcing the keyed cable entrance, only.

[enjenjo]

The ones in the rear door on Ford vans work well, and are not too big.

This would be the Soccer Mom size van?

I'm guessing it's used to pop the hinge up rear window?

Now that I think about the whole rear door comes up on these . . . I think.

No, the big ones for the door lock system.

[C9]

Ok, think I have it.

Too bad it's not the Soccer Mom van, there's lots of those in one of the Needles, California junkyards.

There may be quite a few of the larger vans in the local Pic-A-Part or the yard down the hill on I-40.

Thanks.

[slocrow]

I made a typo in the year Malibu, it's a 98 or 99.............Frank