Driver's side door lock
Burning Brakes
Joined: Oct 2003
Posts: 1,106
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From: Foresters Falls(near Ottawa) Ont
For those interested, I have posted the info about the door module repair on my Corvette Club website. I will later post the info about parking brake adjust ment as well.
The address is: http://www.valleyvettes.ca/door_module.html
You can save the address or maybe make it a sticky.
RonJ ...
Melting Slicks
Joined: Jul 2004
Posts: 2,340
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From: Folsom Lake CA
There is a lock relay and an unlock relay. See my post number 54 of this thread. In fact, you might want to look at all my posts on this thread, because I detailed my trials and my successes!
Intermediate
Joined: Mar 2013
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To protect the relay contacts from the arc created by the current into the solinoid operator you can solder a capacitor - suggest a .01 mfd disk cap accross the contacts just get the highest voltage you can find - at least 600volts. You can also use a device called a "transorb" which is a solid state device you can find from an electronics supplier. This is the better but more expensive solution. You can find the capacitor at any Radio Shack.
Drifting
Joined: Nov 2004
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From: Gurley, Alabama
Can't see the pics anymore. Anyone have any suggestions or pics of where to make cuts?
Chad
Chad
You can cut a 3/8 square hole in the top center circut board ends of the relay's, which are located on the module circut board. The case is thin plastic and will cut easily with an exacto knife. This will expose the contacts for the solenoids.
Stick emery cloth inbetween the contacts, press the contact points closed with something small like a toothpick and pull the emery cloth out. A few times of this and the contacts will be clean. Tape the hole over and put everything back together. Mine's been working fine since the cleaning of the contact points.
Stick emery cloth inbetween the contacts, press the contact points closed with something small like a toothpick and pull the emery cloth out. A few times of this and the contacts will be clean. Tape the hole over and put everything back together. Mine's been working fine since the cleaning of the contact points.
Melting Slicks
Joined: Jul 2004
Posts: 2,340
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From: Folsom Lake CA
You can pretty much cut anywhere, but it's a waste of time. I cut mine and filed the points, but it didn't last long enough to make the r&r of the door panel worth it. Once the contact points get burnt and pitted, sanding won't buy you much time. You might as well replace the relays; they're dirt cheap at Digikey.com. They were cheaper than the shipping so I bought 4 in 2004, and still have 3 left!
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