power door lock assembly help
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Safety Car
Joined: Sep 2005
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From: Southeast, Tennessee
St. Jude Donor '09 thru '26
power door lock assembly help
i am restoring the bubba-ized interior of my 78 pace car and need some help locating the proper power door lock rod/actuator/wiring assembly diagram in my AIM. i have nothing in the doors in the way of wiring or actuators (and there were no switches in the door panels i removed) and need as complete a diagram as possible to attempt to restore the power door lock funtion to my car. if someone has any pictures of their own car in that area, i would be most appreciative. i need EVERYTHING right down to the lock rods and their assembly. any help or direction would be greatly appreciated. all i have been able to locate in my AIM is the diagram of the whole door showing all the components in general. a detailed assembly diagram would be great, i just can find it if it's there. my email is srs244@gmail.com
many thanks for your help.
steve
many thanks for your help.
steve
Thread Starter
Safety Car
Joined: Sep 2005
Posts: 4,062
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From: Southeast, Tennessee
St. Jude Donor '09 thru '26
jerome thanks a million. great diagrams. i couldn't find anything like that in my AIM (assembly instruction manual). i really appreciate your help.
Last edited by srs244; Jan 22, 2007 at 07:39 PM.
Thread Starter
Safety Car
Joined: Sep 2005
Posts: 4,062
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From: Southeast, Tennessee
St. Jude Donor '09 thru '26
perhaps i don't have the right shop manual.
thanks.
steve
Last edited by srs244; Jan 22, 2007 at 07:46 PM.
Racer
Joined: Apr 2005
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From: FRANCE (Lyon)
i have an original gm shop manual for the 78 corvette, but it isn't covered anywhere that i could find. needless to say, the hayes manual didn't have anything either. the AIM (assembly manual from gm) shows the actuator as part of the door assembly, but i couldn't find any detailed diagrams like the ones jerome provided.
perhaps i don't have the right shop manual.
thanks.
steve
perhaps i don't have the right shop manual.
thanks.
steve
you said yourself! you have a assembly manual! try to find a shop manual! this are 2 differents books!
i'm please that pics were helpfull
Instructor
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From: Camarillo CA
Shop Supplement manual
Steve,
I have a 1976 vette and had to buy 2 shop manuals. One was the 1974 shop manual and the second was the 1976 Supplement manual that covered all the things that changed during 75 and 76. It's about half as thick as the 1974 manual. Could that be what your 78 manual is? A supplement?
-Trevor
I have a 1976 vette and had to buy 2 shop manuals. One was the 1974 shop manual and the second was the 1976 Supplement manual that covered all the things that changed during 75 and 76. It's about half as thick as the 1974 manual. Could that be what your 78 manual is? A supplement?
-Trevor
Thread Starter
Safety Car
Joined: Sep 2005
Posts: 4,062
Likes: 103
From: Southeast, Tennessee
St. Jude Donor '09 thru '26
could be, but i don't think so. i guess i need to go through my "library" as jerome suggested and figure out exactly what i have, lol!
i really appreciate all the help.
steve
i really appreciate all the help.
steve
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