By wags2034 on Saturday, October 27, 2001 - 07:52 pm: Edit

I believe that it's static electricity, but when i EXIT my Rover my Fiancee' and I each get shocked. This just started with the weather/season change which leads me to believe that it is just static electricity. Any suggestions for a cure?
And, my keyless entry/alarm works 80% of the time to unlock the doors and 10% of the time to lock and set alarm. I've replaced the hand set battery, but it still is inconsistent and i never know when it will or will not work. I cannot comprehend an electrical device working sometimes, but not others. i would think that it either would work or not... any ideas? all input is welcomed.
oh, 1996 Disco I, 5 spd, ...and regardless of its "faults" I would not trade it for anything!
Brad

By Roverine on Saturday, October 27, 2001 - 08:10 pm: Edit

Brad,

Don't mean to be nosy, but when did you become engaged? ... By any chance did this start happening around the same time? ... Have you taken a little extra time to let your Rover know that it could never be replaced, and you will still spend time with it ...

Kim
Sorry, couldn't resist ... someone here can help out, I'm sure

By Danno on Saturday, October 27, 2001 - 08:46 pm: Edit

to cure getting shock when exiting, grab the metal before you set your foot on the ground.

when the remote works/doesn't work, how far are you from the disco.

Danno

By Cartner on Saturday, October 27, 2001 - 10:01 pm: Edit

Put the remote partly into your mouth, or hold it to your lips whle you push the button. IT will use your head as an antena and usually will get the thing to arm/disarm when its fickle. WOrks for me all the time.

By Axel Haakonsen (Axel) on Saturday, October 27, 2001 - 10:18 pm: Edit

Or just push it against your chin. This is not a joke, it actually works.

By F.J. (Rovercon) on Saturday, October 27, 2001 - 10:36 pm: Edit

Why are the remotes on these Rovers so "weak"?
I have brand new batteries in it.

On my F-150 I can use the remote while I am inside the house with all the doors and windows close at approximately 60 feet away.

With the Rover, the thing only works when I am right next to it. I use the remote under the chin trick all the time just to get it to work from 20 feet away in open areas.

By Leslie N. Bright (Leslie) on Saturday, October 27, 2001 - 10:56 pm: Edit

It's the location of the antenna in the footwell.... some have relocated it to improve the range...


-L

By Carl E. Cedeholm (Cederholm) on Sunday, October 28, 2001 - 08:52 am: Edit

Leslie,
Could you be more spacific on the antenna location, and if it's on a D1 or D2
Thanks
Carl

By Leslie N. Bright (Leslie) on Sunday, October 28, 2001 - 01:21 pm: Edit

Don't know about DIIs....

For DIs, though, the earlier ones are shown as having it in the A-pillar on the passenger side (note: it shows a RHD model), but the "aerial", as the book calls it, is said only to be part of the "fascia surround".

There was a thread about it awhile back, though, that said that the antenna's location is in the passenger footwell, behind the trim, on LHD models.

I haven't looked yet, I just stick it up to my chin, too....


-L

By wags2034 on Sunday, October 28, 2001 - 09:47 pm: Edit

update.... touching the metal before touching the ground does eliminate getting zapped. However, I've tried all of the methods which were mentioned for the keyless entry and I'm begining to think that touching the remote to my chin was some cruel initiation into the 'club'. I imagined disco veterans standing in a mall parking lot laughing at me as I'm touching the remote to my chin. I still went ahead and tried it in a secluded place. it did not work. any more ideas on this one? relocate antena? thanx

By JEEPETR on Monday, October 29, 2001 - 08:09 am: Edit

Wags,

Remove the passanger side kick pannel trim, and you will find the "Brain" for the alarm system/keyless entry. You will find a short, say 12-14 gauge wire. This is the antenna. Take a butt connector (Or soldering the joint and cover it with heat shrink tubing is even better), and a piece of similar gauge wire about six feet long, and add it to the exsisting antenna wire. Then route this wire up past the dash, remove the a-pillar trim on the passanger side, and run the wire up the a pillar (and back along the roof line if you wish). Put everything back together, and try the remote now. Should work like it is suppose to now.

When you are done, thank Bill Bettridge for posting this fix a few months back. I haven't gotten around to doing it, but he tells me it makes a world of difference!! Thanx Bill!

~Scott T.
'95 D-90 (JEEPETR)
'96 Discovery (5-Speed)

By Leslie N. Bright (Leslie) on Monday, October 29, 2001 - 08:32 am: Edit

Brad, it's not a joke.... basically, you're using your face as a reflector to get more of the signal to the Rover... Depending on where you're parked and the direction that you're approaching it from, your chin, your nose, your forehead, you might have to click it around a bit to get it to hit right....

There's actually a subtle art to it, to do it as you're heading towards it, to make it look like you're not really 'holding it up to your chin'.... either puching my glasses up onto my nose better, or scratching my whiskers, putting a piece of gum into your mouth... all sorts of devious ways to do it....

-L

By rose (Rose) on Monday, October 29, 2001 - 09:53 am: Edit

Brad, i have also been told that if you hold it between your "jewels", it will use your "flagpole" as an antena. Your range will also depend on your level of excitement. A good friend inserts into her backside, where it uses the many feet of intestines as an antena. It can be operated by a mere "clench". If you try that route, make sure to wrap it in plastic first.

By Carl E. Cedeholm (Cederholm) on Monday, October 29, 2001 - 10:28 am: Edit

Try that in a parking lot full of Rover Heads!
"But don't expect a lot of trail ride offers"