i have edited in red.
Also i may be able to snap some photos if that will help you.
I have several questions about this process, going back to Greg's original post in this thread. I'll paste his post here,
with my questions in-line with that paste in underlined italics:
The Fix/Repair:
First make sure you are getting around 12 volts of power to your passenger side door switch directly or when you trigger the lock or unlock switch from the driver’s side or by the remote.
What and where is this remote referred to here? i believe this to be the keyless entry remote
You can test the voltage with a multi-meter at the wire harness connector in the passenger-side kick panel where the dark green, white and red wires go into the front door.
To test the voltage, where at those dark green, white and red wires do I put the 2 prongs from the multi-meter? measure them at the passengers door. red is 12v constant white and dark green will normally be grounds unless the drives side door switch or keyless entry remote buttons are pressed. it will flip 12v on white or dark green depending on lock or unlock.
Assuming you have a full voltage supply to the passenger side switch, the fix is to install two relays in the passenger-side kick panel on the lock and unlock wires coming from the passenger side switch.
Which are these lock and unlock wires?
it will be the tan and Light green wires that exit that exit the passengers door wiring loom The relays will increase voltage back up to 12 volts to compensate for the loss caused by the passenger side switch. With the voltage increase provided by the relays, the voltage at the remaining power door locks is increased by approximately 2 volts, enough to power all the locks, even in cold weather. This of course assumes that no wiring problems exist from the splices to the door locks. If you still have a problem at a particular door lock measure the voltage and make sure it is over 9 volts. With my fix it should be closer to 10 and perhaps 9 at the rear hatch.
Where do you put multi-meter prongs at each particular door lock and at rear hatch to measure the voltages?honestly i skipped this step if your having issues i would do the relays first
The relays to use are 5 blade, 12 volt, 30 amp minimum rated relays with blades marked 85, 86, 87, 87a and 30. These relays are the same as those used for the keyless remote relays found in the passenger-side kick panel
What/which relays are these keyless remote relays in the pass-side kick panel?
they are taped together should be the only relays over there. so you may find them cheap at the bone yard. You can also find them in automotive electric supply stores. Look in the section that has lighting upgrade supplies. For an easier install it is also best to buy wiring sockets that fit the relays. Here is a link to partsexpress.com an online supplier that has relays and sockets at reasonable prices. I used 2 bosch relays # 330-070 and 2 sockets # 330-075 (although 1 dual socket 330-078 could be used I believe).
http://www.partsexpress.com/webpage....oup_ID=31&SO=2
"Here is how I did the wiring: I used the two 12v relays. They have 5 blades: 86 is trigger pwr from the passenger dr switch; 85 is ground; 87 is the new pwr source; 30 is the path to the lock and 87a is to ground (in this application).
Is the preceding sentence describing how Jeep already is, or what we're going for?what we are going for
I cut the Lgreen
What does "Lgreen" mean?
Light Green and tan wire about 5 inches forward (toward the front of the Jeep) of the wire harness connector that connects the wires to the wires coming out of the passenger frnt dr. In this example I attached the tan unlock wire coming from the passenger frnt door to 86 and 85 to ground
Does that mean the tan wire goes to 86 AND 85 AND on to ground - OR tan goes to 86, while we put some other wire from 85 to ground? If the latter, what kind of wire (gauge, material), and to where should we ground it? How to connect the wires to the blades?tan goes to 86 then a separate ground wire goes to 85;
30 is attached to the tan wire going to the door locks
Didn't previous sentence instruct to connect tan wire to 86 (as opposed to this sentence saying tan goes to 30)?you cut the tan wire inhalf both halves need to be connected to the relay;
and 87a is to ground
I thought I just read that 85 goes to ground, no?87A is the ground for the circuit 85 is the control ground for triggering the relay.
I used the new 10 gauge pwr line I had previously run to the battery/starter relay post with a 30 amp inline fuse.
Whoa! What is this new pwr line previously run? I didn't see any mention of that. How/where is this done?i used 12gauge wire i went from battery + to a 30A inline fuse and drilled a hole under the HVAC box
You can take off pwr from a splice on the red pwr going into the passenger door instead.
What does "take off pwr from a splice" mean?id ignore that part if you run a new wire from the battery
(The same approach is used for the lgreen wire using the other new relay for for the lock circuit.) The key to making this work was 87a to ground. When the lgreen or tan wire are not in pwr mode they provide ground path to ground through the driver’s side switch. With my new relays I substituted a new body ground instead
What/where/how is this new body ground done?i just put a sheet metal screw into the body in the kick panel location..
As a result I increased voltage and created new better grounds. The locks now all slam open and closed even in very cold weather. Hope this helps."
Back to Ted939 writing now:
I'm stoked that Greg's fix has helped so many people, but I obviously don't speak the language of the relay world - but I wish I did, as my 1988 XJ's locks have been slow/sticking for years. Some of them won't even budge most of the time.
Any chance someone could translate Greg's instruction to a step-by-step that a 4th grader could understand (then, I might get it!)?
As for cleaning and lubricating the actuator, linkages, latch, what are the best substances to use for those? I saw mention of a couple few different things. Is there a consensus on which are best
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Anyone in San Diego area that's done this, and I can come look at what you did? I'll bring food and drink!