Suicide door power locks

I am waiting for my title and plates to come in the mail, and decided that I needed safety locks on my suicide door. I started with a switch and 2 power door locks from a Suburban, and some 1/2 inch square tubing and a piece of square rod that fit inside.

And then?

Is this going to be one of those posts where we guess what you're going to do next....lol....sorry....just kidding....been away for a few weeks....what ya working on??

I mounted the power lock on the inside of the door, and mounted the square tubing so it lined up with a hole I drilled in the door. I also drilled a hole in the door jamb of the car so the holes lined up. I used some 1/4 inch rod to connect the power lock to the square rod, and added a loop for a manual way to lock and unlock the doors. I powered it up, and it worked great! Now I need to build the one for the other door, and wire in the permanent power and lock switch.

Hey sgtpontiac, I guess you are just faster at posting then I am at uploading pictures! Good to see you're back on the site.

Yeah....like a bad penny I keep showing back up...lol

kkadams123 said:

Hey sgtpontiac, I guess you are just faster at posting then I am at uploading pictures! Good to see you're back on the site.

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Ok...now I see where you are going....these are like homemade latchs to hold the door closed.....not at all what I was thinking.....lol....are those going to hold ok?? and are you going to reenforce them at all? Just things popping into this beady mind...

Gotta admit..

never saw electric latchs...at least not door latches....per se....

sgtpontiac said:

never saw electric latchs...at least not door latches....per se....

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There are a few kits out there for safety latches for suicide door setups, especially good on some of the older worn out latch setups people run... having a door open at speed would be very bad...

The original door latches are working fine right now. These are just a safety lock incase the latch pops open on a bump. I don't have rubber in the door seal yet so it rattles on our gravel road. There would not be stress or pressure on these so I don't think they need to be reinforced. I just really don't want the wind catching the doors going down the road!

Definitely a good plan!

Those look like they worked out nice. Cool idea.........might have to steal it. [ddd

Had the center console apart to work on a short in the cooling system, so decided to wire the door locks. I ended up using s salvaged electric window switch. It took some time with a test meter to figure out how the switch worked inside, and which contact to hook where, but it worked great. I am now running the permanent wiring and mounting the switch in the console. Hope to have it done tomorrow once I buy more wire.