I'm a little confused about something on the parts cross
reference list. This winter, both of my door latch solenoids
completely stopped working. They were flakey before this, but
now they don't work at all (And this only 8 months after a
complete professional door rebuild).
So I open my door panel and I pull one out and determine it
to be junk. Then I go to my nearest trusty parts cross
reference (I must have about 20 copies) and I order the
replacement part from JC Whitney. Fast forward one week, it
arrives.
The unit I took out of the door has a plastic arm
and is 7 and a half inches extended, and has a hole large
enough to stick the metal connector into.
The unit from JC Whitney has a metal arm and is 3 and
a half inches extended, a completely different method
of mounting and a hole too small for the metal connector
(but too close to the edge to drill).
The range of motion on the plastic unit is one inch.
The range of motion on the new metal unit is one half inch.
So the question is: what makes this a replacement?
How do I make it work? Who has done this?
Thanks,
Keith Kelley
vin #1766
Note: I drive my car, not being able to open the door from
the outside unless I leave the door open kind of sucks.
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