Edwrai
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So today I had a free 30 minutes before we went for a walk so I decided to tackle a job I’ve been putting off for a long time. My boot lock solenoid.
This has been getting weak for a long time after disconnecting for the mechanism and testing I can see it’s so weak it does even move it’s after a few actuations.
So I take everything a part and remove it from the boot lid I then put it side by side with my new one
Now they look quite different and have different screw holes the mounting points in the black plastic as seen behind can be adjusted to take the different mounting points so that’s ok.
So on to test it with power
Ok after testing I discover it doesn’t move but does make a sound I’m sure the pins need reversing in the plug so I do this, this then allows it to actuate!
So then the next problem is that although it pulls the length it pulls seems to be less?? So as a temporary solution I just pop in a stone to shorten the travel of the puller and cover in tape.... now this is far far from a solution but I had to go out and I’m now 5 minutes late!
So my question is has anyone installed an earlier actuator in an older car and he had more time to work out how to resolve the reduced pull distance?
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This has been getting weak for a long time after disconnecting for the mechanism and testing I can see it’s so weak it does even move it’s after a few actuations.
So I take everything a part and remove it from the boot lid I then put it side by side with my new one
Now they look quite different and have different screw holes the mounting points in the black plastic as seen behind can be adjusted to take the different mounting points so that’s ok.
So on to test it with power
Ok after testing I discover it doesn’t move but does make a sound I’m sure the pins need reversing in the plug so I do this, this then allows it to actuate!
So then the next problem is that although it pulls the length it pulls seems to be less?? So as a temporary solution I just pop in a stone to shorten the travel of the puller and cover in tape.... now this is far far from a solution but I had to go out and I’m now 5 minutes late!
So my question is has anyone installed an earlier actuator in an older car and he had more time to work out how to resolve the reduced pull distance?
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