Thanks Derek for this, once again, excellent information and insite. BTW, loved the hi-tech drawing.... ;) Steven 91 Westy On Mon, Mar 5, 2012 at 4:42 PM, Derek Drew <derekdrew@derekmail.com> wrote: > When you go to order a new door lock you will find that the old door > locks are all superceded to 7D0 959 781A (or 7DO 959 781A). But to > use the new door lock, you are supposed to use wiring harness adapter > 701 972 390 (for the front two doors) or 701 972 390A (for the slider > or hatch). But the harness is expensive and may not be available > when you are reading this. > > And truth be told, you really don't need the external add-on harness > if you understand the pin-outs of the new door lock motor. > > I made the following diagram of the wire colors coming out of the > motor and they are in a row like this: Brown, Red, Yellow, and White. > These then connect to the corresponding color wires in the vehicle > harness as follows: The red goes to a single conductor wire that goes > to a red wire, and the Brown Yellow and White wire go to a > tri-connector wire housing that connects to a tri-connector wire > housing that should already be in your vehicle with those three color > wires in it. Just connect the three wires so the colors > correspond. With that information, you would be able to make up your > own little wiring harness if you were so inclined. Note that Red is > not used in the sliding door or the rear hatch, only the front two > doors. Below is my drawing of this. > > https://lh6.googleusercontent.**com/-8edV0f6J9w8/T1VaSDsA_bI/** > AAAAAAAAAFM/EHgP3WJ-Rwc/s640/**701972390_Power_Door_Lock_**Harness.jpg<https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-8edV0f6J9w8/T1VaSDsA_bI/AAAAAAAAAFM/EHgP3WJ-Rwc/s640/701972390_Power_Door_Lock_Harness.jpg> > > > > > ______________________________**_________________ > Derek Drew > Washington DC / New York > derekdrew@derekmail.com > Email is best normally but... > PHONE: 202-966-7907 (Call the number at left normally) > (alt/cell for diligent calling only): 703-408-1532 > |
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