A cheap idea would be to take out the fuse and pretend that you have
manual locks.  I did this on mine over 3 years ago, and there have been no
problems.  I never had a chance to get used to power locks though.

David

On Tue, 7 Dec 1999, Penberthy, Thomas wrote:

> Hi Volks,
>
> I'm about to declare red alert. Previously I stated that my van, Marlin, had
> electrical "gremlins."
>
> Well, Petunia, those cute little gremlins have grown up and become ugly ol'
> demons.
>
> When I bought Marlin, the power locks were a little funky. First the
> passenger door wouldn't react (lock or unlock) when I used the key on the
> driver's door. This was easy to ignore, as all the other doors were fine.
>
> Next I notice a v-e-r-y slow response time from the sliding door when I
> unlocked any door. As in up to 1 minute. Also easy to ignore, really. Just
> lock it first and the others would follow.
>
> Next whenever I locked the driver's door BEFORE the passenger door, it
> wouldn't stay locked. The little knob would just pop back up. Now that I was
> on a roll, I figured out that if I always lock the passenger door first,
> this was also easy to ignore.
>
> You might be getting the idea that I'm a procrastinator. You'd be right on
> that one.
>
> Now, though, the sliding door simply won't stay locked. I turn the key in
> the sliding door and it's like there's a spring action: I hear it click
> locked (and see the little lever slide down if I look) but when I turn the
> key back to take it out, it unlocks.
>
> My feeling now is that I should just buy new mechanisms for all three doors
> and be done with it.
>
> Any cheaper ideas?
>
> Thank you once again.
>
> Tom
>
> (Marlin - 89 Westy GL)
>