oh brother! another actuator / central locking post

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Originally Posted by oldskewel

I rebuilt my driver's door lock actuator successfully a couple of years ago. Plenty of pics and description in here for you, in case anything helps:

oh I certainly read your epic thread yesterday Mr., or should I say Sir Oldskewel! mucho RESPECT to your genius.

However, I don't think I have the equipment or patience for that. and given that i now have TWO Xers to babysit, i really have to economize. Nonetheless, I was actually at Lowe's last night looking for Cobalt bits and thinking of you. I need some anyway. You have a brand you prefer?

I went ahead and ordered the cheapo Dorman actuator. They actually have a 'limited lifetime warranty' for whatever that's worth. I'm gonna give it a try. I will swap it in this weekend. If it doesn't work, that means something else is going on. if it goes bad in 6 months, I'll spring for the Genuine part...which should last me another 70k.

if it does work, i am happy to donate the old part to the R&D department there at OldSkewel HQ. Shipping is on me!