Plip Keys

[ryan13961345402285 1]

Hi folks,

my Mi16 has sat idle for the past 2 years. I put a new battery in and discovered the plip for the alarm/central locking isn't working. If I hold it up close to the receiver it worked once or twice then stopped again. I've stripped the plip apart, made sure there is no corrosion, and put new batteries in it. Made no difference. The red led lights up ok when the button is pressed.

Strange thing is that it worked fine when the car was laid up 2 years ago.

 

If anyone has any ideas about these plips, please let me know

Thanks

 

 

EDIT: forgot to say its a 1992 phase 1 with a single button plip

Edited November 8, 2011 by ryan1396

[MiCRO 0]

Hi folks,

my Mi16 has sat idle for the past 2 years. I put a new battery in and discovered the plip for the alarm/central locking isn't working. If I hold it up close to the receiver it worked once or twice then stopped again. I've stripped the plip apart, made sure there is no corrosion, and put new batteries in it. Made no difference. The red led lights up ok when the button is pressed.

Strange thing is that it worked fine when the car was laid up 2 years ago.

 

If anyone has any ideas about these plips, please let me know

Thanks

 

 

EDIT: forgot to say its a 1992 phase 1 with a single button plip

 

check if the infrared bulb is working, that was the problem with mine, they aren't expensive.

[ryan13961345402285 1]

Cheers just checked it and it's fine. Going to pull the receiver from the roof now and see if there's anything amiss

[ryan13961345402285 1]

Ok for anyone interested. Pin number 7 that goes into the multiplug from the circuit board on the receiver had corroded and broken off. Making contact some of the time via the corrosion that was in there, hence the fact it was working the very odd time. I removed the broken pin, made a new section out of a piece of stiff wire and soldered it back onto the pin protruding from the circuit board and back out through the socket the mutlipug goes into.

Working 100% now

[welshpug 1,657]

did it affect the normal operation via key in the door?

[ryan13961345402285 1]

Nope everything is working as it should be now thankfully.

[Baz 421]

Hmm, this may be the problem with my 205 one as iirc they're the same, thanks for the info, i'll check it!

Edited December 20, 2011 by BazGTMi