Thread: Extending the range of Defender Central Locking

Thought....
How would it go if you take it out to the engine bay and connect it to the radio antenna?

Hi all,
Just did this on my 03 defender, 30 minutes later I tested the range off the drivers side and it has increased from 2m to around 24m, I can walke all the way up to the front pas the 'leader of the opositions' car and the trailer and it still works. Mind you with the wind and all I could just hear it.

Thanks for the DIY in structions.

I did take a shortcut down the back right hand corner and puched the wire straight through.

Great stuff guys.

I've been meaning to do this for a while and just got round to doing it today. Now works from miles away, well further than before anyway. Excellent! I ran mine up the pillar and then across the top of the door seal using very thin electronic wire. Quick job, very easy. Reckon the buttons on my remote wont ware out so fast now because I used to press 'em like mad trying to get the thing to work.

Thanks for the excellent instructions Josh.

Ian.

Spent the afternoon in the shed doing finicky jobs on my 94 Soft-Dash Classic RR, including this mod. On the Rangie, the antenna wire from the alarm/immobiliser ECU is a coaxial cable with a plug-in connector, same as on the back of a telly. The wire runs up the left-hand A-pillar, which I think is part of the problem when you approach from the right! I put in a longer coax cable, plus extended the exposed section across the top of the windscreen and down the RH A-pillar. Greatly improved response to the fob, although my fob itself is not in perfect nick.

Well I finally got around to trying this. Removed the instrument cluster (4 screws). Spotted the orange and grey wire down at the bottom as stated. Used the extension wire as a hook, and pulled it out to where I could work on the end. I then connected the two, and fed the new extension up through the top of the instrument cluster area, and into the front flap area. Then fed it out the side panel where the heater controls are (after loosening three screws). I was then able to feed it up up the pillar after removing the covering and into the roof area. All up took about 15 minutes, and have extended the remote range to at least 10m. Was much easier to do than even I expected. Makes me wonder why they could not do this in the factory? Anyway Thanks for your very useful post.

Cheers,
Ken

Top job, did this last night, took ten minutes (went straight up the A-pillar and along the roof lining), no longer do I need to be virtually touching the fob to the side of the drivers door to unlock

Hate to be the guy digging up an old thread. . . but alas I am today. .

anyone know where I will find the antena for the central locking in a 2011/12 puma? the range is pathetic on it also (10meters at best!) would like to do this, though dont want to pull the whole dash out to find the wire if I only ned to remove a single panel.

Leroy

(I searched and found this thread, didnt find a puma specific one, if there is appologies and please link me to it?)

Just hold the key fob against your head & click