Re: [DML] Re: Remotes

[Phil Priestley <phil@xxxx>]

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Since I bought my car I have been annoyed by the sound of a something 
skittering around in the bottom of both doors, so Yesterday I pulled 
the doors apart to remove the offending objects. When I got the door 
panels off I stared at the mess inside. Someone had hacked and modified 
the wiring in an way that I can only assume was to interface with the 
alarm that had been installed at one time.

Inside each door I found 3 relays , a flasher module, an electric gear 
driven acutator, plus yards of extra wiring. The flashers were wired 
into the door light circuit and on the passengers side the connection 
tab had rusted off leaving the uninsulated spade connector swinging 
free inside the door. Turned out to be the hot wire that was flopping 
around in there but luckily had never cause a problem .

I got the rattling screws out of the bottoms of the door,( drivers door 
had one of the screws for the window motor , passengers door had one of 
the screws for the door pull handle), replaced all the missing screw 
and bolts, tightened up everything that was loose, and removed all the 
additional wiring and relays, etc. The window motors on both sides were 
missing a screw and the two remaining ones were ready to fall out.

I just wanted to share what I found since the topic of undocumented 
wiring mods has surfaced latley.
Phil Priestley
vin #2105