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So yeah, I didn't just willy-nilly go Fxxx it and replace everything. And yes I did test drive it and the PO did knowledge that the lockers didn't work, but from reading posts I thought that getting them working again wouldn't be too much of a hassle, ya know just "working them out" and such. I wanted lockers, so I was willing to pay more for a rig with them, even not working, hindsight is 20/20 and all that jazz. For those of you that haven't bought your rig within the last couple of years, just so you know the cat is out of the bag on locked 80's and it is getting damn hard to find anyone with one that doesn't know what that option is worth.
My first course of action was to figure out why the CDL wasn't working since I knew from posts that the front and rears wouldn't work unless that was working, By using my multi-meter, 9V battery etc, I diagnosed that the actuator was not working, so I pulled it off and the insides were complete trash, I mean I've seen some posts of ugly looking insides but mine were worse...so I sourced a used one and got it on...still nothing, again the multimeter showed that the signals weren't correct, so I go the new relay put on..I then had locking CDL. I then went back out and "excercised" the lockers trying to get the front and rear to lock..nothing. So I then looked into those, and to make a long story short it was the two actuators, which were also completely corroded on this inside, in my opinion beyond rebuildable, so yeah maybe it was left in a river before I bought it or something. The PO said he bought it out of New York, maybe that had something to do with it. Also the front indicator switch was not working, so that got replaced. Anyway, it was a long and expensive fix, but they are working now, and they are fast and sweet to lock up too. The junked old lockers are already spoken for by the first person the PM'd me asking about them for parts. Also, I bought the new lockers from Akella, out of Canada..pretty much half the price of everywhere else I've seen.
My first course of action was to figure out why the CDL wasn't working since I knew from posts that the front and rears wouldn't work unless that was working, By using my multi-meter, 9V battery etc, I diagnosed that the actuator was not working, so I pulled it off and the insides were complete trash, I mean I've seen some posts of ugly looking insides but mine were worse...so I sourced a used one and got it on...still nothing, again the multimeter showed that the signals weren't correct, so I go the new relay put on..I then had locking CDL. I then went back out and "excercised" the lockers trying to get the front and rear to lock..nothing. So I then looked into those, and to make a long story short it was the two actuators, which were also completely corroded on this inside, in my opinion beyond rebuildable, so yeah maybe it was left in a river before I bought it or something. The PO said he bought it out of New York, maybe that had something to do with it. Also the front indicator switch was not working, so that got replaced. Anyway, it was a long and expensive fix, but they are working now, and they are fast and sweet to lock up too. The junked old lockers are already spoken for by the first person the PM'd me asking about them for parts. Also, I bought the new lockers from Akella, out of Canada..pretty much half the price of everywhere else I've seen.
