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I upgraded my trunk motor to the H metal bodied one and it started working as it was designed to with no mods to the hinge or internal clutch.
I then added a relay to have remote trunk open and close from inside car and with remote. Nice feature.
New used and old plastic motor Soldering wires to relay. Added a diode to the relay coil to prevent backfeed to latch circuit Heat shrink wiring No cutting of factory harness.
Friction fit the wire into the connector and zip tied Connected at latch and to center wires of push button. Secured relay to prevent rattling
Has anyone done a writeup/instructions on this key/relay mod? Looks like a cool thing to do. Plus that H motor in the video...the trunk opens and closes with authority...I need to get one of those.
+1 on the H motor. After years of dinking around with this issue, the trunk finally works as it should have from day one. I have tried replacing the "bent" passenger hinge, lubricated the hinges, tried the spring fix in the left corner, tried replacing the struts. Considered the solder paste or sanding wheel solutions. No combination of these really solved the problem. The best I could get was that I always had to "help" the trunk open and close, and it always seemed to me that the motor didn't have quite enough torque.
I was lucky enough to find an H motor on ebay at the staggering price of $31 plus $33 shipping. $64 delivered. It was not guaranteed to work, but other than the motor itself, what can go wrong with these? It's a magnetic clutch - no physical contact. So I opened it up, cleaned all the surfaces, lubed the plastic bearings surfaces and gears, buttoned it up and put it in the car. Works like a charm. I also used HHS-V on the hinges - that made trunk operation almost silent.
04-24-2017, 07:06 PM
Trunk Open and Close Remotely
