The power lock installation went fairly easy. After removing the inside door panels and arm rests, the power lock motors fitted up well. I had one mounting rivet not compress far enough and had to drill it out and start over. But when I hooked up the electrical connections, they worked well!
The power window motor fit in easily, but one connector wire was not crimped well and it pulled out. So I had to take the connector apart and reattach the wire. After I hooked up the electrical connector, I gave it a try. From the passenger side switch, the window just wanted to go up, not up and down. I guess that is better than just going down! Furthermore, there was no response from the drivers side switch. I buttoned up the door panels and called it a night after working for several hours.
This morning, I studied the wiring diagram and gave it another go. I removed the arm rest to access the switches and performed continuity checks and jumpered from the various contacts without using the switch. I was successful in getting the motor to operate the window both up and down. But something was defiantly out of wack with the wires. I started checking the interconnecting wires from the drivers side switch. Through a process of elimination, I concluded that a ground wire that ran from a connector under the left side of the dash to the drivers side window switch was broken somewhere along its length. Sure enough, I jumpered around this wire and the window operated from both switches. I took the drivers side door panel off again and snaked a new wire to connect into the old wire.
Now I have fully functioning power locks and windows. This was a job that I was looking forward to finishing. Now if I have passengers during the summer, they can roll the window down and listen to the load pipes!
About half of these items are now installed.
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