"MonkeePuzzle" (monkeypuzzle)
02/24/2015 at 14:03 • Filed to: None
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"MonkeePuzzle" (monkeypuzzle)
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any idea what the knob next to the shift knob controls?
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MonkeePuzzle
> MonkeePuzzle
02/24/2015 at 14:05 |
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door opening knob?
SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie
> MonkeePuzzle
02/24/2015 at 14:05 |
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I'm going to guess that it was just a manufacturing error because it's fun to imagine the kind of stupid that went down at the factory while these were built.
itschrome
> MonkeePuzzle
02/24/2015 at 14:07 |
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my less than repeatable source from a quick google run says the TVR lacks inside door knobs and moving that 2nd "shifter" left or right releases the door in that direction....
MysticStick
> MonkeePuzzle
02/24/2015 at 14:07 |
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It moves that cable right there.
bob and john
> MonkeePuzzle
02/24/2015 at 14:08 |
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ejector seat. or the missile launcher if so equiped./
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MonkeePuzzle
> itschrome
02/24/2015 at 14:10 |
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nutso!
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MysticStick
> MonkeePuzzle
02/24/2015 at 14:10 |
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Wow. It really does. Found this on a TVR thing:
It opens both doors. Twist clockwise for drivers, anti clockwise for passengers. TVR quirks!
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itschrome
> MonkeePuzzle
02/24/2015 at 14:10 |
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But is it reaqlly? this is a TVR after all, it's probably the least nuts thing they could have done. haha
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MonkeePuzzle
> MonkeePuzzle
02/24/2015 at 14:10 |
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let us hope one doesnt grab the wrong knob when attempting a fast gear change under a stressful condition!
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MonkeePuzzle
> MysticStick
02/24/2015 at 14:12 |
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so you turn the wrong way and the passenger door opens and you have to get out and go round adn close it. pain in the arse!
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SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie
> itschrome
02/24/2015 at 14:13 |
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Yeah, this sounds like one of their more conventional choices.
McMike
> MonkeePuzzle
02/24/2015 at 14:14 |
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I hope they don't, that would be terrible.
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McMike
> McMike
02/24/2015 at 14:14 |
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What would be terrible?
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McMike
> McMike
02/24/2015 at 14:14 |
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Read two posts up, dude. Shifting while stressing.
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McMike
> McMike
02/24/2015 at 14:15 |
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By bad. I agree!
BoxerFanatic, troublesome iconoclast.
> MonkeePuzzle
02/24/2015 at 14:18 |
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TVRs have electric door poppers, and I would hope that circuit would be cut off above a certain speed...
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MonkeePuzzle
> BoxerFanatic, troublesome iconoclast.
02/24/2015 at 14:18 |
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thre is suggestions from others that it controls a cable of some sort. newer models with door poppers perhaps
Scary__goongala!
> MonkeePuzzle
02/24/2015 at 14:20 |
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I want that steering wheel, and the dash, and....okay I want the whole car.
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BoxerFanatic, troublesome iconoclast.
> MonkeePuzzle
02/24/2015 at 14:33 |
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On any modern TVR like the one pictured, there are no exterior door handles... there are rubber-weatherproofed electrical buttons on the bottom sides of the side mirrors to pop the doors from the outside. It is electrical, not mechanical.
the interior knob probably activates each door popper circuit the same way. Maybe there is a small cable between the knob assembly and the switches, but the doors themselves are very likely to be electrically activated.
Edd China's Pro Tip when working on TVRs like the Cerbera they did on Wheeler Dealers, is to pop the doors open, and keep them open while servicing the car with the battery disconnected. If you disconnect the battery first, the doors are inactive, and can't be popped open.
Although it would be smart if there were even a 9V battery terminal both on the outside of the car, and in the interior, that connecting a 9V battery to that door popper circuit would re-enable them, or even just force-activate the door poppers when a 9V battery is touched to it, as an emergency measure. I would do something akin to that, if I were to ever build a hot rod or custom car with door poppers instead of mechanical door latches.
aberson Bresident of the FullyAssed Committe
> McMike
02/24/2015 at 15:39 |
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i agree too
CPT Speedbump
> MysticStick
02/24/2015 at 16:22 |
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So you don't have to race around the car to open the door for your sexy lady friend? To bad it doesnt close them, would be useful for when you install racing harness's, and then get into our car, put on your harness's and realize you've not shut your door yet... (can't reach the door if your strapped to the seat)