Hi folks
It hard to be upset about power door locks as they are a luxury item but I have never in 40 years + seen a vehicle have its actuators die nor known anyone who has.
Browsing the interwebs I find that this is a common issue in JK jeeps.
I was happy that I found a post here delineating the correct sequence of removal of the actuator as YouTubers in there kindhearted zeal left out necessary steps for removal in every vid I found. The point they leave out is the 8mm nut on the door handle. Its all good though as I have gotten really lax on swearing practice of late. Being old and half blind doesn't help.
So not being a lectrical guru and recalling that the passenger door and possibly tailgate actuators were acting sluggish before they quit I figured there has to be a quick and dirty way to feed power to the part I removed in order to bypass all other components as a possible contributing factor.
Four pins so does anyone know whats ground and what is lock and unlock? Also did Magnetti Marelli in their quest to make a piece of junk opt to use 12VDC or some esoteric voltage based on a chicken sacrifice?
less than 50 k kms and out of warranty. This never happened on my TJ. I really miss it today. In fact nothing ever broke on it in 300k kms and 9 yrs.
Oh and the washer reservoir grommet leaks now and the rear window washer leaks. What more fun is lurking I wonder.
It hard to be upset about power door locks as they are a luxury item but I have never in 40 years + seen a vehicle have its actuators die nor known anyone who has.
Browsing the interwebs I find that this is a common issue in JK jeeps.
I was happy that I found a post here delineating the correct sequence of removal of the actuator as YouTubers in there kindhearted zeal left out necessary steps for removal in every vid I found. The point they leave out is the 8mm nut on the door handle. Its all good though as I have gotten really lax on swearing practice of late. Being old and half blind doesn't help.
So not being a lectrical guru and recalling that the passenger door and possibly tailgate actuators were acting sluggish before they quit I figured there has to be a quick and dirty way to feed power to the part I removed in order to bypass all other components as a possible contributing factor.
Four pins so does anyone know whats ground and what is lock and unlock? Also did Magnetti Marelli in their quest to make a piece of junk opt to use 12VDC or some esoteric voltage based on a chicken sacrifice?
less than 50 k kms and out of warranty. This never happened on my TJ. I really miss it today. In fact nothing ever broke on it in 300k kms and 9 yrs.
Oh and the washer reservoir grommet leaks now and the rear window washer leaks. What more fun is lurking I wonder.
