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Old 15th January 2016, 10:46   #8
hogweed
I really should get out more.......
 
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Originally Posted by awvc1 View Post
Its laughable to think I might be able to do it
You and me both. There are a lot of very knowledgeable people on here, for whom this sort of thing seems to be really easy – but, despite being moderately intelligent, technically minded, and a computer engineer, I found it extremely difficult, so don’t feel bad if you do.

Two heroes at the nano meet did all the door stuff for me, then we discovered that I didn’t have the cross-body stuff. Nothing could be done there and then, so I only had a working driver’s door powerfold… I ended up, back home, taking the doors off, and poking a pair of wires across under the dash.

Getting them through the bit of the bodywork which meets the doors was a serious laugh but, if I can do it, so can you if you're sufficiently patient.

The connectors weren’t present either, so I ended up soldering the wires at each end. This will only ever be a problem if the doors have to come off again, I reckon.

Happy to chat if it would help
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