My passenger side door central locking did not work any more ( as many 348 ) Checked everything: door wiring: ok locking unit: ok switches in actuators: ok motors in actuators: aha passenger side open circuit. So i took out the actuator and opened it. Very easy with a knife. Indeed motor OC: dead. I had in my garage an old aftermarket actuator from a kit, so took a chance and opened it also. SURPRISE; the motor is 100 % the same and even the same brand !!!!! How lucky can you get. The ferrari one only had a sort of centrifugal clutch, for the rest identical. Soldered the "new" motor in the ferrari actuator and... voila works fine. Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login
That's incredible... great job. I love thinking outside the box with these cars and finding alternative parts and fixes. I just replaced both my Alternator belt and AC belt and instead of paying $40 a piece I paid 12 for Continental brand... exact same length and size and it has the cool cavallino emblem in yellow that Continental uses! It's almost exactly like the Ferrari cavallino.
I did the same thing on my major service. A belt is a belt. It has a type (model), width and length. That's all.
