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Title: 88 t-bird left door lock actuator
Post by: t.birdsc on May 27, 2007, 04:27:07 PM

Anyone know where I could get an 88 t-bird lh door lock act. for a decent price? Autozone said $138.00. I'll go power lock less for that price.

Title: 88 t-bird left door lock actuator
Post by: vinnietbird on May 27, 2007, 05:17:10 PM

I have one in my '88 T-Bird parts car.I'll ship it to you for $40.00.

Title: 88 t-bird left door lock actuator
Post by: softtouch on May 27, 2007, 05:26:34 PM

When you see how easy the key and the lock button works with that thing out of there you may want to leave it out.

Title: 88 t-bird left door lock actuator
Post by: softtouch on May 27, 2007, 05:38:07 PM

Oh I forgot, I took one of those apart one time to see how it worked. It's a little motor with carbon brushes. There is a circuit breaker in there. It is one of those bi-metal things that opens when hot and closes when cold. Give it a couple of taps incase the breaker is stuck open.

Title: 88 t-bird left door lock actuator
Post by: t.birdsc on May 27, 2007, 06:51:05 PM

kool, how do we make it happen?

Title: 88 t-bird left door lock actuator
Post by: Thunder Chicken on May 27, 2007, 08:25:17 PM

When the lock motor went on my car I installed a universal lock motor I paid nine bucks for. It's worked perfectly for three years now, two of which the car was a daily driver.

Title: 88 t-bird left door lock actuator
Post by: t.birdsc on May 27, 2007, 09:10:26 PM

A universal? Where did you buy it from?

Title: 88 t-bird left door lock actuator
Post by: Thunder Chicken on May 27, 2007, 09:39:43 PM

I bought it from Princess Auto, but you don't have those in USA. You can probably find 'em on eBay cheap enough...

Title: 88 t-bird left door lock actuator
Post by: t.birdsc on May 27, 2007, 11:09:11 PM

Thanks for the info ;)

Title: 88 t-bird left door lock actuator
Post by: dudeman351 on May 28, 2007, 09:13:35 AM

you can use any ford actuator you just have to change the rod.

Title: 88 t-bird left door lock actuator
Post by: vinnietbird on May 28, 2007, 09:19:06 AM

Oh,by the way,$40.00 is for both of mine.

Title: 88 t-bird left door lock actuator
Post by: ipsd on May 28, 2007, 10:28:52 AM

Head over to the salvage yard and get one and change the arm on it. Or head over to a Car audio shop and pic up one of those uni models.

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