1st Gen Lunchtable Thread - General Discussion

Yes, you should leave OEM connector and harness on truck side in tact and get an adapter to connect to the stereo harness that then plugs into truck harness connector.
So yeah, that's what they did.

 

Cool, I'll leave it then... tuck it back up under the dash to hide my shame

 

I was gonna say the same but I think that would be the minimum threshold to be able to expect from an installer.
But at least they used the adapter! Too many dinkuses (sp. dinkusii??) hacking into the factory wiring!

 

And to be totally honest, I only dislike butt crimps because I've never been very good at them. But I can solder like nobody's business. If I could get good at remembering to put the heat shrink tube on *before* I solder, I would be unstoppable.

 

Yes. They used adapter harnesses.

 

Fastest door handle swap yet, ~30 minutes

Can see where the Dorman unit broke, plastic piece that pushes the arm down snapped off




New one

 

I heard that too clearly

 

Can you lift your handle up with your pinky and minimal effort?
Is something binding in the linkages or connections requiring harder than normal force? Know what I mean? You lube all the linkage connections and crap right? I'm pretty sure I'd read in the past you had, just double checking. Crazy how many times that thing has gone south on ya

 

I've got 3 extra door handles for this reason; feel like the extra OEM replacement has much thicker plastic than the Dorman I used.

 

My 95 with 280k had its original handles and i wasnt gentle with them

I also think somethings wrong

 

Yeah I can lift it up pretty easily, its the driver's side that's a little funky and I think the linkages might be tweaked. Passenger side broke this time partly because of my nephew opening it like a heathen and partly (probably mostly) Dorman quality plastic lol

 

The linkages needing lube is definitely overlooked often; what failed for me and most others is the plastic itself breaks within the handle.

 

Its all because his rear axle is off a little.

 

Oh that's right, damn I forget both sides are messing with ya. Some crap luck there lmao

 

I still wanna get a handle 3D scanned and then cut out of aluminum

 

I fixed it by straightening the Kings Shocks decal on my back window

 

Must just be a fatigue/wear and tear thing.
I mean there could be worse things that crap out, right? Just some dumb bad luck

 

The Dorman has a bigger lip that pushes the arm down than the OEM ones, I posted a side by side photo of them last time I replaced them a little over a year ago. But that bigger arm piece doesn't do any good when it breaks off lol