Tourer tailgate micro switch

Robti · 11th June 2024, 14:11

Hi took the cover off and bridged the contacts but still lock won’t work, tried wiggling the cables up to the hinge but the same anything else to try ?

SD1too · 11th June 2024, 14:57

Rob,

I don't have a tourer but I have read the technical description and looked at the wiring diagram.

In order to help, could you explain exactly what the problem is please. For example, are you unable to open the tailgate? If yes, do you have a key barrel in the bodywork and a button in the driver's footwell? What happens when you try either or both of these?

I'll need detail please Rob. For example, in your previous post you said that you'd "bridged the contacts". I will need the wire colours or the contact numbers in order to understand what you're doing.

Simon

Robti · 12th June 2024, 09:04

So probed the cables going into the switch and had power cut the cables going into the switch and bridged them and lock worked, so disassembled the micro switch and can’t get continuity on one side so took that side apart and it must be a break in the wire in the switch. Still testing when I have time atm

DMGRS · 12th June 2024, 10:40

You usually need to swap the switch, which is a pain as the central metal collar corrodes in place.
I had to carefully cut mine with a hacksaw then replaced with the item from an E46 BMW (same part with a little adaptation needed for a perfect fit) and it's been fine since

Robti · 13th June 2024, 08:59

https://imgur.com/a/wJ2EqGN
So this is what I’m looking for

SD1too · 13th June 2024, 09:49

Quote:

Originally Posted by Robti

So this is what I’m looking for

First identify the exact type; is there a part number on the casing? Then ...

https://www.access-electrical.co.uk/...ITCHES_(73)/15

https://www.penninecomponents.co.uk/microswitches.html

Simon

KWIL · 13th June 2024, 12:46

The microswitch is an integral part of the tailgate glass opening handle and not a separate replaceable item.

So an E46 service item is clearly the proper approach.

DMGRS · 13th June 2024, 14:35

Is this what you're looking for? https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/256542491404

KWIL · 13th June 2024, 15:42

/www.ebay.co.uk/itm/204769896914

Tailgate glass handle including switch

£9.98

11th June 2024, 14:11	#1
Robti Posted a thing or two MG ZT-T 190+,Rover 800 vitesse coupe Join Date: Aug 2014 Location: Hamilton Posts: 1,986 Thanks: 616 Thanked 228 Times in 210 Posts	Tourer tailgate micro switch Hi took the cover off and bridged the contacts but still lock won’t work, tried wiggling the cables up to the hinge but the same anything else to try ? __________________ Robert

11th June 2024, 14:57	#2
SD1too Doesn't do things by halves Rover 75 2.5 Connoisseur Auto (1999) Dealer launch model. Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Former Middlesex Posts: 20,604 Thanks: 1,587 Thanked 3,749 Times in 3,181 Posts	Rob, I don't have a tourer but I have read the technical description and looked at the wiring diagram. In order to help, could you explain exactly what the problem is please. For example, are you unable to open the tailgate? If yes, do you have a key barrel in the bodywork and a button in the driver's footwell? What happens when you try either or both of these? I'll need detail please Rob. For example, in your previous post you said that you'd "bridged the contacts". I will need the wire colours or the contact numbers in order to understand what you're doing. Simon __________________ "Whatever is rightly done, however humble, is noble." Sir Henry Royce.

12th June 2024, 09:04	#3
Robti Posted a thing or two MG ZT-T 190+,Rover 800 vitesse coupe Join Date: Aug 2014 Location: Hamilton Posts: 1,986 Thanks: 616 Thanked 228 Times in 210 Posts	So probed the cables going into the switch and had power cut the cables going into the switch and bridged them and lock worked, so disassembled the micro switch and can’t get continuity on one side so took that side apart and it must be a break in the wire in the switch. Still testing when I have time atm __________________ Robert

12th June 2024, 10:40	#4
DMGRS Discount MG Rover Spares Rover 75 CDTi, 2x MG ZS180 Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Hythe, Southampton Posts: 11,360 Thanks: 456 Thanked 3,377 Times in 2,027 Posts	You usually need to swap the switch, which is a pain as the central metal collar corrodes in place. I had to carefully cut mine with a hacksaw then replaced with the item from an E46 BMW (same part with a little adaptation needed for a perfect fit) and it's been fine since __________________ Your trusted MG Rover specialist! Tel: 02380 001133 / Email: [email protected] We now have a 'chat' function on our site for even quicker replies. Give it a try! Remember - discount code FORUM5 for 5% off

13th June 2024, 08:59	#5
Robti Posted a thing or two MG ZT-T 190+,Rover 800 vitesse coupe Join Date: Aug 2014 Location: Hamilton Posts: 1,986 Thanks: 616 Thanked 228 Times in 210 Posts	https://imgur.com/a/wJ2EqGN So this is what I’m looking for __________________ Robert

13th June 2024, 12:46	#7
KWIL Precise Rover 75 Tourer 2.5KV6 Connoisseur SE Join Date: Mar 2013 Location: Fleet Posts: 2,972 Thanks: 630 Thanked 617 Times in 480 Posts	The microswitch is an integral part of the tailgate glass opening handle and not a separate replaceable item. So an E46 service item is clearly the proper approach.

13th June 2024, 14:35	#8
DMGRS Discount MG Rover Spares Rover 75 CDTi, 2x MG ZS180 Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Hythe, Southampton Posts: 11,360 Thanks: 456 Thanked 3,377 Times in 2,027 Posts	Is this what you're looking for? https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/256542491404 __________________ Your trusted MG Rover specialist! Tel: 02380 001133 / Email: [email protected] We now have a 'chat' function on our site for even quicker replies. Give it a try! Remember - discount code FORUM5 for 5% off

13th June 2024, 15:42	#9
KWIL Precise Rover 75 Tourer 2.5KV6 Connoisseur SE Join Date: Mar 2013 Location: Fleet Posts: 2,972 Thanks: 630 Thanked 617 Times in 480 Posts	/www.ebay.co.uk/itm/204769896914 Tailgate glass handle including switch £9.98