Power Door Locks not working

[E'sStrokr01]

Anybody ever gone into the door panels to fix the power door locks?

The power windows work fine, but the door lock buttons on both the front driver's side door, as well as the passenger front door lock won't work. They click and you can feel them trying to push the locks, however they won't lock or unlock (after pushing them down manually).

Any suggestions? Thanks

[sportsdad]

Go to General Tech, Maintenance, and Mod info and scroll down to door lock repair. Follow the instructions exactly. It will only cost you a little time, a few dollars for screws and some blood. More blood than anything else, but your locks will work. I did this myself a month ago. Good Luck

[jesilvas]

yea your door lock actuators are goin out. i only replaced mine not too long ago. there is some write up in the web on an excursion. pretty good one too if you decide to completely replace them and i found my replacements for 40 for a pair on AM auto parts.
or you can just repair the ones you got in it.

[E'sStrokr01]

Great article! I wonder what the aluminum foil is used for? (Why the back rectangular insert of the motor needs to be wrapped in aluminum foil?) There are couple of pictures missing in that article so I'm trying picture exactly what needs to be wrapped and why?

Thanks

[sportsdad]

Originally Posted by E'sStrokr01

Great article! I wonder what the aluminum foil is used for? (Why the back rectangular insert of the motor needs to be wrapped in aluminum foil?) There are couple of pictures missing in that article so I'm trying picture exactly what needs to be wrapped and why?

Thanks

You're right, it is a great article. Don't worry about the missing pictures. Their absence proved no problem. The little piece that needs the foil is obvious once you get the motor open and clean the blood off. (I'm really not a bleeder, I just had lot's of leaks). I spent twenty years building and wrenching on my farm equipment and tractors, BIG STUFF. This little stuff scared me, but it was rather easy and quite satisfying. Plus if new actuators are 40 bucks each, you save $78. Less the dollar for screws and another for bandaids.

[E'sStrokr01]

Okay. You'll have to bear with me on this. How exactly do I wrap this little piece with aluminum foil? Am I supposed to wrap the small plastic piece that is held in the motor by the two small tabs?

Do I completely wrap this piece then slide it back in? Or do I partially wrap it? Sorry to be so literal but I don't see what's happening here. I got this little piece pulled out of the motor btw. So far everything is going along fairly well. The mechanism was a little difficult to get out of the door, what with all the linkage and everything No bandaids so far though

[sportsdad]

Sorry about the delay getting back to you. If you look at picture #12 (not counting red X's). You will see the little rectangular waffer that must be removed from the plastic housing and wraped with foil. I used regular kitchen foil and put one small layer all around the wafer, wrapped it tight (think a nice Christmas present) and slid it back in it's slot.

NO BANDAIDS????????? Wow, either you're really good or I suck. Good job!

[E'sStrokr01]

Found it! Right before I checked back for the reply, and I found the little rectangular piece.

Yeah no bandaids yet, but I'm having trouble trying to piece back the linkage that runs from the door key lock. Any photos or any way someone can help me try to get this linkage back correctly????? I'll check back at the tech thread again and see if there's a photo there that I missed......

Thanks

[sportsdad]

Try this

2000 Ford Excursion 4x4 - Door Lock Actuator Installation

It might help

[E'sStrokr01]

Thanks for all your help SportsDad. I got it finished about an hour and a half ago. Not too bad a job considering all......I guess

Good News is: Since I own a CrewCab, now all I have is three more to go!!!!
Yep. Believe it or not, all four were not working. And I thought if I fixed the driver's side, that would fix them all, but I guess there are 3 other seperate motors in each 3 doors remaining, huh?

I got short on time today, so the only thing I did different, was I used zip ties instead of the self tapping screws. It tightened it up pretty well, plus it saved me a trip to the hardware store.

If it makes you feel better I got my right index finger knuckle right as I was finishing up