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Subject:Re: Power Door Lock Actuator Small Springs.
From:Dan N
Date:Fri, 2 Oct 2015 07:48:46 -0700

thanks I will do the test...

I have the feeling that the slider actuator doesn't receive signal or power
from the front actuators..

either a broken wire or the front actuators are working but don't send a
signal to the sliding door.

On Fri, Oct 2, 2015 at 4:43 AM, David Beierl <dbeierl@attglobal.net> wrote:

> At 03:23 PM 10/1/2015, Dan N wrote:
>
>> now I have the same problem with the sliding door... I have a good
>> actuator, I tested it off the door...
>>
>> but alas it's still a no go... I am at lost... I will put it back and use
>> the key to lock and unlock... unless someone has a clue...
>>
>
> Use your voltmeter.  There should be +12V on the top terminal of the door
> frame with the front locks up, and on the second terminal with them down
> (or the reverse, I may have mixed it up).  Third terminal is not used and
> fourth is ground.
>
> With the slider ajar, clip a jumper lead to the bottom terminal, and a
> second jumper to the second from the top.  With slider lock up and front
> door lock down, touch the leads to their corresponding terminal on the
> slider -- slider lock should go down.  Clip the jumper to the top contact
> and pull the front door lock up.  Now when you touch the leads to the
> contacts the slider should unlock.  Again, I may have this backwards.
>
> If it works like that, you're not getting good contact on those pins.  On
> mine the slider contacts were a little too low and the pins in the frame
> were landing on the plastic above the contact instead of the working part.
> Clearly the slider was a bit low.  As a temporary measure I moved the
> slider contact block up slightly by enlarging the mounting holes, and filed
> a slight 45-degree chamfer in the top edge of the pins in the frame.
>
> Yrs,
> d
>
>
> thanks
>>
>
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