Date: Thu, 12 Jan 2023 10:04:29 -0700
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Hey John & TWIMC
I have bought & installed several of these & connected to Van wiring simply
by adding the proper sized Quick Connects to the correct wires in the door ~
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08M5F6H5J/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1
Sorry to hear about the troubles You have had ~
ORR ~ DeanB
> On 11 Jan , 2023, at 9:58 PM, John Rodgers <jrodgers113@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
>
> From an add on Amazon a I bought two of the new green door actuators for
> sassenger and drivers side. Add implied propper cables included But such
> was not the case. they were cheap enough, so i just kept them, thinking I
> would just somehow adapt them for the sliding door and hatch. I looked for
> the harness that made a smooth conversion from vanagon door harness to the
> operator but found none anywhere. All our vendors had none - except one,
> and they sold the same operator with a custom made harness, but would not
> sell the harness separately. I had to have the harnesses and operators for
> the doors so I bit the bullet and bought them, even though I thought the
> price way to high, but they had the only game in town. When I installed the
> operator and cables they did not work. I checked electric circuits in the
> van and they were ok. Ihen I checked the operator harnesses. Then I checked
> the operators through the connection terminals. Nothing. then i took the
> back plates of the operators and looked inside. With a meter I tested the
> terminals, which were connected to a circuit board under which I could not
> see. There were parts I could not test because of the way that board was
> installed but I was able to test the motor at its terminals and it ran
> fine. I checked all the others the same way, including the Amazon look
> alike and the motors ran fine. The Vanagon vendor would not accept the
> return, the reason given was their supplier had told them that since I had
> opened the operators I had upset sensitive alignment and clearances inside
> and they would not take it back, so the vendor would not either. What a
> crock of do-do! I'm a certified aircraft mechanic for criminy sake with
> years of experience working on all kinds of aircraft and aircraft
> electronics. Something as simple as these little operators is not something
> that I would screw up. Anyway, the long and short of it is we are at logger
> heads, they lost a customer, but I do have the harnesses I need. When I
> took the back plates off all operators - the internal works are exactly the
> same across the board. both vendor and Amazon. So if you are looking at
> these green operators anywhere - Amazon, Ebay, where ever, it appears they
> are identical and came from the same source - China. Don't let anybody tell
> you different and ask a higher price.
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