RE: [DMCForum] Re: locks left/right...(Toby)

["timnagin" <timnagin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Toby,

Is this wire part of the harness that runs through the top of the door?  I
didn't have anything else in or on my doors, but my car is an early VIN.

Greg


-----Original Message-----
From: DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On
Behalf Of Toby Peterson
Sent: Saturday, April 30, 2005 1:30 AM
To: DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [DMCForum] Re: locks left/right


Greg and Andrew - Sorry to jump in so late on this conversation, but
there is a common ground wire that is electrically connected to the
door structure.  If that ground circuit is intact you should see
continuity to ground from the door to the battery.  In regards to
the bell crank wiper switch issues ... on Winged1 I found that the
rivet that the crank pivots on was loose and allowed the bell crank
to flop around a bit.  This led to intermittent contact between the
crank and the switch contacts.  I took the wiper switch assemblies
off of the doors, and "redrove" the rivets carefully to tighten up
the rotational fit (if any of this makes any sense).  I will try to
keep better tabs on this conversation to see if everything gets
worked out.

Toby Peterson

--- In DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "timnagin" <timnagin@xxxx> wrote:
> The doors are mounted on hinges and connected to the torsion bar,
then to
> the roof support.  There is no metal between that and the rest of
the car as
> far as I know.
>
> Take your meter and measure between the door frame itself on
either side of
> the car and the battery/module.
>
> Greg
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On
> Behalf Of Andrew
> Sent: Saturday, April 30, 2005 12:35 AM
> To: DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: [DMCForum] locks left/right
>
>
> On Fri, 29 Apr 2005, timnagin wrote:
>
> > Someone please correct me if I am wrong, but the doors are
electrically
> > isolated from the body right.  The only way power can get in and
out of
> > the doors is through the wiring harness, right?
>
> Hmm... I'm not so sure about that.  The door lock solenoids get
their
> ground through the door, not through a ground wire, so there's
obviously a
> ground connection there somewhere.  It may still be through a wire
> somewhere, but it's obviously not (just) the ground wire on the
wipe
> switch plug.
>
> -andrew

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