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teeitup · 01-03-2009, 08:20 PM

OK, today I was outside our house we live in and all the sudden the garage door on my rental house goes up, (its 3 houses down). No one is there right now. So I go down there and the door will not close or open with the switch on the wall. The motion light comes on but will not make a sound or do anything, any ideas on what happened or what to do. I'm showing it to a guy to buy Sun so I'd like to get it working if possible. Thanks for your help, Randy

retodd7711 · 01-03-2009, 08:49 PM

Will it open with the remote?
I have a "lock" feature on mine and it won't work if it's "locked"
As far as it going up on it's own, sounds like somebody has a remote set to the same code.
After you figure it out, change the dip switches on your remote and receiver.
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Dip switch, that's just fun to say. Try it!

teeitup · 01-03-2009, 08:54 PM

No it won't go up with remote, I never got the remote working on it, its been installed 6 years been using the switch on the wall, I never had any luck getting the remote to work so I never messed with it. It won't do anything with the switch on the wall. Thanks Randy

**thelonerife** · 01-03-2009, 08:58 PM

i canged the dips on mine and that took care of it opening for no reason. as far as the buton, I would check the wiring of the button. take the button loose and cross the wires if it works change the button. simple doorbell button will work.

retodd7711 · 01-03-2009, 09:12 PM

Silly question, did you check your circuit breakers?

teeitup · 01-03-2009, 09:24 PM

I'll check the switch, its a door bell switch thats on it. Yes the circuit breaker is on the motion light comes on the opener when I walked in the garage, so it has power.
Thanks Randy

dfosh · 01-04-2009, 02:53 PM

Check the wires you may have one that is pinched and finally cut through .A friend had this happen .

**BillGent** · 01-04-2009, 03:45 PM

If all the above does not work. I will do an exorcism of the house. I will bring my own Holy Water.

teeitup · 01-04-2009, 07:44 PM

Thanks for the help guys, I'm not worried about it anymore. I GOT THE HOUSE SOLD TODAY!!! I don't have to fix a dang thing on it. Yea ha!!!!! Thanks again, Randy

andrewt2 · 01-04-2009, 09:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by teeitup

Thanks for the help guys, I'm not worried about it anymore. I GOT THE HOUSE SOLD TODAY!!! I don't have to fix a dang thing on it. Yea ha!!!!! Thanks again, Randy

TIME TO GET YOU A NICE BIG WORKSHOP BUILT! WITH PLENTY OF SPACE FOR ALL THE TRUCK GUYS TO COME AND HANG OUT! haha... just a thought! congrats randy!
-Andrew

teeitup · 01-04-2009, 10:32 PM

Sorry Andrew, no shop in the plans, I redid the inside of my garage and made it a workout/play/rec room. Wife thinks she wants convertible so there goes some of the money, some of it is going for some siding and doors on the OLD blacksmith shop where I park my trucks and where my parts are, I'm sure she'll have something else she wants

Thanks Randy

andrewt2 · 01-04-2009, 11:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by teeitup

Sorry Andrew, no shop in the plans, I redid the inside of my garage and made it a workout/play/rec room. Wife thinks she wants convertible so there goes some of the money, some of it is going for some siding and doors on the OLD blacksmith shop where I park my trucks and where my parts are, I'm sure she'll have something else she wants

Thanks Randy

well....keeping the wife happy.... doesnt sound like a bad way at all to spend the money congrats on selling the house in such a bad economy!

rambler · 01-05-2009, 09:48 AM

Sorry I missed this post till now.. congrats on selling the house,, if it happens again, and its a chain driver opening, look above the unit, usually there is a switch up there that is triggered when the door is opened and reverses the motor to lower it next time. usually looks like astandard toggle switch, mine did the same thing several times, till I adusted the chair and replaced some of the rollers. it would not move until I relased the tension, and flipped the switch manually.

01-03-2009, 08:20 PM	#1
teeitup Just like to part out trucks!! Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Meriden, Ks-North of Topeka 10 miles Posts: 27,396	garage door help again OK, today I was outside our house we live in and all the sudden the garage door on my rental house goes up, (its 3 houses down). No one is there right now. So I go down there and the door will not close or open with the switch on the wall. The motion light comes on but will not make a sound or do anything, any ideas on what happened or what to do. I'm showing it to a guy to buy Sun so I'd like to get it working if possible. Thanks for your help, Randy __________________ 67 Chev swb stepside 4x4 283 4 speed SOLD 72 blazer 4x4 4 speed Cheyenne 72 GMC swb 4x4 fleet 4 speed, original paint 1958 Cameo (one of 1405 built, it was my dads) 2020 chevy Apex 4x4 crew cab 1969 Z28 with the 302 1980 chevy swb 4x4 1964 chevell Malibu SS 1976 K20, sold new originally out of my dads chevy dealership Members that I've met, over 200 probably closer to 300 in the 12 years I've been on this site, everyone I met "It was a pleasure"

01-03-2009, 08:49 PM	#2
retodd7711 chrome makes it go FASTER! Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Cleveland Tennessee Posts: 2,884	Re: garage door help again Will it open with the remote? I have a "lock" feature on mine and it won't work if it's "locked" As far as it going up on it's own, sounds like somebody has a remote set to the same code. After you figure it out, change the dip switches on your remote and receiver. . . Dip switch, that's just fun to say. Try it! __________________ She can't cook and she won't clean. But she looks good in a skirt and she brings me beer. She can stay for now. EDIT:: But she left me anyway, So forget her. 1962 GMC Stepside V6 4 speed My rolling resto thread http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=324226 My old farm truck http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...=1#post3465005

01-03-2009, 08:54 PM	#3
teeitup Just like to part out trucks!! Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Meriden, Ks-North of Topeka 10 miles Posts: 27,396	Re: garage door help again No it won't go up with remote, I never got the remote working on it, its been installed 6 years been using the switch on the wall, I never had any luck getting the remote to work so I never messed with it. It won't do anything with the switch on the wall. Thanks Randy __________________ 67 Chev swb stepside 4x4 283 4 speed SOLD 72 blazer 4x4 4 speed Cheyenne 72 GMC swb 4x4 fleet 4 speed, original paint 1958 Cameo (one of 1405 built, it was my dads) 2020 chevy Apex 4x4 crew cab 1969 Z28 with the 302 1980 chevy swb 4x4 1964 chevell Malibu SS 1976 K20, sold new originally out of my dads chevy dealership Members that I've met, over 200 probably closer to 300 in the 12 years I've been on this site, everyone I met "It was a pleasure"

01-03-2009, 08:58 PM	#4
thelonerife Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Clarksville TN 37043 Posts: 8,702	Re: garage door help again i canged the dips on mine and that took care of it opening for no reason. as far as the buton, I would check the wiring of the button. take the button loose and cross the wires if it works change the button. simple doorbell button will work. __________________ Chuck 68swb Fleetside build ''Choncho'' http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=374892 My trailer redo http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...69#post5893869 Chuy my 59 bug http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=653798 Putnam 87 GMC Shop truck http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=707687

01-03-2009, 09:12 PM	#5
retodd7711 chrome makes it go FASTER! Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Cleveland Tennessee Posts: 2,884	Re: garage door help again Silly question, did you check your circuit breakers? __________________ She can't cook and she won't clean. But she looks good in a skirt and she brings me beer. She can stay for now. EDIT:: But she left me anyway, So forget her. 1962 GMC Stepside V6 4 speed My rolling resto thread http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=324226 My old farm truck http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...=1#post3465005

01-03-2009, 09:24 PM	#6
teeitup Just like to part out trucks!! Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Meriden, Ks-North of Topeka 10 miles Posts: 27,396	Re: garage door help again I'll check the switch, its a door bell switch thats on it. Yes the circuit breaker is on the motion light comes on the opener when I walked in the garage, so it has power. Thanks Randy __________________ 67 Chev swb stepside 4x4 283 4 speed SOLD 72 blazer 4x4 4 speed Cheyenne 72 GMC swb 4x4 fleet 4 speed, original paint 1958 Cameo (one of 1405 built, it was my dads) 2020 chevy Apex 4x4 crew cab 1969 Z28 with the 302 1980 chevy swb 4x4 1964 chevell Malibu SS 1976 K20, sold new originally out of my dads chevy dealership Members that I've met, over 200 probably closer to 300 in the 12 years I've been on this site, everyone I met "It was a pleasure"

01-04-2009, 02:53 PM	#7
dfosh Registered User Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: greeneville tn Posts: 237	Re: garage door help again Check the wires you may have one that is pinched and finally cut through .A friend had this happen .

01-04-2009, 03:45 PM	#8
BillGent Pretty But Evil Doggy Woggy. Join Date: May 2003 Location: Ft Worth Posts: 6,303	Re: garage door help again If all the above does not work. I will do an exorcism of the house. I will bring my own Holy Water.

01-04-2009, 07:44 PM	#9
teeitup Just like to part out trucks!! Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Meriden, Ks-North of Topeka 10 miles Posts: 27,396	Re: garage door help again Thanks for the help guys, I'm not worried about it anymore. I GOT THE HOUSE SOLD TODAY!!! I don't have to fix a dang thing on it. Yea ha!!!!! Thanks again, Randy __________________ 67 Chev swb stepside 4x4 283 4 speed SOLD 72 blazer 4x4 4 speed Cheyenne 72 GMC swb 4x4 fleet 4 speed, original paint 1958 Cameo (one of 1405 built, it was my dads) 2020 chevy Apex 4x4 crew cab 1969 Z28 with the 302 1980 chevy swb 4x4 1964 chevell Malibu SS 1976 K20, sold new originally out of my dads chevy dealership Members that I've met, over 200 probably closer to 300 in the 12 years I've been on this site, everyone I met "It was a pleasure"

01-04-2009, 10:32 PM	#11
teeitup Just like to part out trucks!! Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Meriden, Ks-North of Topeka 10 miles Posts: 27,396	Re: garage door help again Sorry Andrew, no shop in the plans, I redid the inside of my garage and made it a workout/play/rec room. Wife thinks she wants convertible so there goes some of the money, some of it is going for some siding and doors on the OLD blacksmith shop where I park my trucks and where my parts are, I'm sure she'll have something else she wants Thanks Randy __________________ 67 Chev swb stepside 4x4 283 4 speed SOLD 72 blazer 4x4 4 speed Cheyenne 72 GMC swb 4x4 fleet 4 speed, original paint 1958 Cameo (one of 1405 built, it was my dads) 2020 chevy Apex 4x4 crew cab 1969 Z28 with the 302 1980 chevy swb 4x4 1964 chevell Malibu SS 1976 K20, sold new originally out of my dads chevy dealership Members that I've met, over 200 probably closer to 300 in the 12 years I've been on this site, everyone I met "It was a pleasure"

01-05-2009, 09:48 AM	#13
rambler MOVE OVER Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Warrensburg, MO Posts: 5,470	Re: garage door help again Sorry I missed this post till now.. congrats on selling the house,, if it happens again, and its a chain driver opening, look above the unit, usually there is a switch up there that is triggered when the door is opened and reverses the motor to lower it next time. usually looks like astandard toggle switch, mine did the same thing several times, till I adusted the chair and replaced some of the rollers. it would not move until I relased the tension, and flipped the switch manually. __________________ No matter where you are..... There you are... Buckaroo Banzi

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