Remote boot release.

Mine is the later fob, but if you speak to the very personable young chap at remote key he will keep you right. Unlike a lot of modern companies they have a telephone and actually answer it.  tel 07486 860993
Can I just say that the bar code comes with the fob, ebay is a source for fobs, but without that barcode the job is as stated by Cobber, impossible, hence the reason for going to a reputable supplier for it.
Next on the list is the fitment of a resonant antenna on the receiver attached to the locks, so we dont have to be hugging the car door just to get it open. 
I reckon velocity, 300,000 m/second, the speed of light, divided by 430 mhz ish is a full wave of around 70cm so a half wave is 350mm ish long.
I intend one day to attach a wound coil of that length to see if it helps.
Maybe next spring, when the sun comes out again.

I had an Alfa Romeo 105 series GTV2000, it had quite a novel location for the boot release lever.

Inside the drivers door aperture, now although this was of the lever and cable type, maybe you could put your release button in a similar secure location.
Just a random idea.

TA22GT wrote:

Thank you Judith's personal mechanic....a very precise reply. 

I have the square fob but I would need to send it off to be programmed so I thought to get the key done at the same time. I also admire your discipline but it is mindfulness I suffer from...lol.

Cobber!  No I don't have a P Scan yet but I took your very subtle and delicate hint that I should get one! I am sure I will as I go along but right now more exciting things need to be done like better brakes. 
It does appeal to me though to fit a boot release for when that day comes. Fitting it outside the car means I don't have to break a window to activate it when the car is locked. 
 

I'm so glad you got my subtle hint, Yeah, I'm as about as subtle as a 3rd ball on a greyhound!

Thank you for that telephone number! Speaking to someone is right up my street.

The only reason for putting it under the boot lid close to the vents is because the car might be locked when I leave the keys in the boot and hence wouldn't be able to gain access to an inside button. .......and........shouldn't you be sleeping?!

I'm at work.........night shift.......they pay me to do this......well they pay me to wait for the production operators to break something, but I do this whilst waiting.

Hi I met a chap with a MGTF at a local car show who had fitted one, he positioned the button near the number plate lights it was very well concealed. Glyn.

Of course you could use a key switch

Thanks for that D4KGP....I have been thinking of other places than where I first thought such as under the boot vents and that has inspired me. 
I live in a forest and almost never park in multi story car parks etc. so security is not high on the list but not getting stuck at the side of the road is!

Well Cobber I don't feel so bad knowing you are getting paid to help me and I am of course passing the time away for you....win win..lol.

Key switch? Can you explain more please.

Cobber wrote:

TA22GT wrote:

Thank you Judith's personal mechanic....a very precise reply. 

I have the square fob but I would need to send it off to be programmed so I thought to get the key done at the same time. I also admire your discipline but it is mindfulness I suffer from...lol.

Cobber!  No I don't have a P Scan yet but I took your very subtle and delicate hint that I should get one! I am sure I will as I go along but right now more exciting things need to be done like better brakes. 
It does appeal to me though to fit a boot release for when that day comes. Fitting it outside the car means I don't have to break a window to activate it when the car is locked. 

 

I'm so glad you got my subtle hint, Yeah, I'm as about as subtle as a 3rd ball on a greyhound!

I think you just growl and leave the biting to others!! lol
 

Obviously you have to have an actuator of some type, I use a central locking linear actuator, taking an unswitched positive from the boot light, a simple push to make button in the arm rest cubby has been a favourite, mine happens to be in the old ash tray. I also have a second fob communicating with a receiver in the boot; it allows me to control other things, but it allows the boot to be popped from a distance when returning with a shopping trolley full of groceries. Much easier than juggling keys when trying to handle a recalcitrant trolley in the rain.
M

@Airportable......I am noticing that you come up with some ingenious idea's!!

As suggested above I like the idea of having it outside the car and near the number plate lights. The kit comes with a solenoid and the push button switch. I could mount the switch between the number plate lights and cover it with a domed rubber grommet. It would be hard to tell it was a switch.
 

Yeah it's a switch that needs a key to operate it
Like this one:


just a simple on/off switch, they're used in industrial applications all the time. the trick is not to have it on the same key ring.
Perhaps keep a copy of the key in your wallet.
Then again just keep a copy of your boot key in your wallet.