This weekend I installed a new wiring harness in my driver side door (Thanks Kyle). This fixed my power windows, power mirrors and driver side front speaker, but not the power lock cycling. So the next step . . . it seemed like the driver side motor was working, but not the passenger side. I took apart the passenger side motor, it was very corroded, so I cleaned it and then noticed the sliding copper contact was not quite touching the opposing copper plates. It appeared that the springs on the sliding conact had corroded and collapsed. I fabricated new springs and voila! the power locks work again. Questions: 1. The rubber, bellows-type, gasket at the top of both the driver side and passenger side lock motors had deteriorated allowing moisture and dirt to enter the motor. Has anyone found a good way to fix this? I am sure this contributed to the demise of the motor. 2. These motors are sealed pretty tightly. I didn't reseal it with anything when I reassembled it. Should I? It probably doesn't matter as long as the gasket at the top is broken. Thanks, Stephen Jones '87 Westy Jackson, WY |
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