Locked out of my carlton, whats the best way to get in

[gsi24v]

ok major problem lol

my carlton is de locked and the battery is that dead it wont open the central locked from my remote alarm
its a gsi so cant get in through the boot, really dont want to break a window
any ideas?

[melinx]

If you can get underneath to reach the main battery +ve feed on the starter, clip a battery charger onto it and a convenient earth and get some charge into the battery.

[Murph]

It may also be possible to slip some jump leads from a spare battery to the boot light wires which should give you enough power to operate the locks.

[Pedro]

80s/90s Vauxhall electrics + delocking + not thinking this through = fail.

If I was ever to do this (and I won't), I'd make damn sure there was somewhere to hook up a charger or jump leads. 

Hope you get it sorted though, dude!

[therealeasterbunny]

I delocked the front doors of my old blue Carlton years ago. I did not delock the boot though but instead put a reasonably thick black sticker over the rectangle push button thing so it "looked" delocked but I could always peel it off in emergency. Never had flat battery to deal with but did have a blown fuse which made me thankful I did not delock the boot.

I did think though that if I did delock the boot I would build in a secret flip switch somewhere under the bonnet to activate the C/L in case of failure.

If the worst comes to the worst, smash the small rear triangle window (like this http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/WINDOW-GLASS-LH-C-pillar-1-4-light-Carlton-Mk-3-/360247181899?pt=UK_CarsParts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM&hash=item53e067c24b) then use a snooker cue to flip up an inner lock. There should be plenty of spare triangle ones on ebay or via this forum (check first !) and they are reasonably easy to remove and replace.

I have one or two knocking about in my garage.

From what I can remember its just a couple of posi screws and a 13 mil bolt to remove / refit?

[gsi24v]

cheers lads il try some of them
i didnt delock the car lol
is there only a power wire goin to the starter or how will i know the right 1?

[melinx]

There are two wires attached to the starter solenoid, the thin one is the solenoid actuator power wire and the thick one going to the solenoid is the one that is connected directly to the battery.