So I’m finishing up my power door conversion and I’m down to the actuator rod. My understanding is this rod goes to the pull knob on the interior side? How does it connect to the latch to unlock the door? The LMC catalog is a little confusing.
CK5
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Power door locks
- Thread starter Babaganoosh
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I thought that there was an extra tab on the rod for it to hook into.
So maybe you need the rods out of another truck. Maybe your '82 wasn't built with them. Try an '84 of newer. Or weld a tab onto yours, but I don't know what height for proper operation.
So maybe you need the rods out of another truck. Maybe your '82 wasn't built with them. Try an '84 of newer. Or weld a tab onto yours, but I don't know what height for proper operation.
My 82 was a non power door, converting it over. From what I have gathered the power rod is longer. Still confused how the rod hooks to the actuator and latch.
rampage
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Don’t know if this helps any but Kevin briefly goes over it starting at the 4:35 mark. The rod that goes from the door lock pull goes into the top of the actuator through the rubber grommet. Forget how the actuator actually connects to the door latch.
Here is a picture of electric door lock attachment.
the tagged metel rod going up is to the lock knob.
the tagged metel rod going up is to the lock knob.
Yes, I know that it didn't have power locks.
What I am trying to say is that I believe that there was a tab on the rod going to the latch from the knob which the actuator hooked to. I may be remembering it incorrectly, for sure.
The actuator bolts to the door under the door panel.
@500$k5 can you remember what and how?
The actuator does bolt under the door panel but what confuses me is inside the door how does it electronically activate the lock and manually with a pull on the knob?
Should be a rod to connect to the door lock linkage to transfer the electromechanical force to the lock rod.
can't see this in pictures above.
rampage
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Start at the 2:00 mark.
Did my door’s guts go to you? I don’t remember.
They did and I’m finally getting around to installing them.
Perfect, I’m sure it would have helped if my door had a lock rod to begin with… probably could have figured it out.
Thanks for the link.
rampage
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Make sure you get the correct rod. The one for power locks is longer at the bottom so it can go through both the latch mechanism and actuator. Here’s a side by side (power lock is the upper, manual is the lower):
