Disco central locking

Aug 22, 2003 3 Replies

The Disco developed faults in the NSF and tailgate central locking actuators recently. All the others, except the driver's door, have been replaced within the last 5 months, so I toddled off to Maplins to pick up the YD79L actuator for £7 which has gone fine in both rear doors.



Worked a treat on the tailgate, but not on the front passenger door. The mechanism is slightly different, and I suspect the Maplin actuator isn't beefy enough to move it, particularly as the LR one I took out was quite big.



Any suggestions as to where I could get a suitable actuator, short of paying £50-odd for a Land Rover Genuine Part?



Thanks, David.


Pot luck, I guess :-)

Regards Steve G

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Have a look at the linkage. I've replaced all bar the drivers side now with the Maplin motors. If you haven't got the rods lined up 'just right' they what you describe does happen. You might find that taking a countersink drill to the hole in the motor through which the rod fits will help and the OEM motors have this bevelled whereas the Maplin ones don't.

Cheers Gary

Sounds promising. I opened up the hook in the rod a little to achieve the same. I'll take another look.

How is best to service the linkage as a whole, without either losing the whole lot inside the door, or making it worse than it is?

Thanks, David.

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