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In this video, we're going to show you how to replace the door lock actuator on this 2005 Ford F-150. We show you on the driver side, but the passenger side is a similar procedure. The items you'll need for this include a new door lock actuator from 1AAuto.com, a 6mm, 8mm, and 10mm socket and ratchet, flat blade screwdriver, 5.5mm or 7/32 socket, a pair of pliers, and a T27 Torx bit or driver.
Start off by prying off this panel. You want to start at the bottom, work your way up to the top, and then pull it free. Then pry out this small panel behind the door handle, and then pry up on your switch pad. Pull it forward and push the tabs on each of the harnesses and disconnect them. Now, you want to remove these two 8mm bolts, this 10mm bolt, these 5.5mm or 7/32" bolts, and then these two 6mm bolts down here. We'll fast-forward as Mike removes all of those. Now pull your speaker out, and then push the tab on the harness and disconnect it. Remove this small panel, and then, using a pair of pliers, pull out the lower two of these plugs. Slide your door panel up and off. Then pry out your door handle cable and unclip it. Your door panel is free. Carefully peel back your water shield, and it can help to use a razor to help separate that adhesive.
Remove this 10mm bolt right here. Then pull that bracket aside and just push the tab on the harness and disconnect it. Set that aside. Using a flat blade screwdriver, pry open this green clip inside the door and pull the rod free. Then pry out this harness, and, up here, you want to just pry out this little clip that holds the harness in. Pry off this clip right here over the wires that go to your keyless entry pad. You can see there's a towel underneath. That way it will catch it.
Your keyless entry pad is held on with two tabs on the bottom and two up top. Just pry out the bottom tab and the top tab, and then pry out the big tab on the side while applying pressure. Then you want to do the same thing on the other side of the keyless entry pad, and it will pop free. You can just pull that out and set that aside.
Now, using a flat blade screwdriver, pry out these two caps. You just want to pry in, push down, and then pry out. Then remove these two 10mm bolts and the 10mm nut right here, and then the 10mm nut up above it right there. We'll just fast-forward as Mike removes those. Move the door handle up and down while pulling out, and it will pull free. Then you can just open the handle a little bit to release that top part. Pull out this clip and push the lock cylinder out. Your door handle is free. Remove the lock cylinder from that lock rod by pulling it down.
Disconnect this yellow clip by pushing the tabs on the back and pulling it free. Then remove these three T27 Torx bolts. Pull out your latch assembly, and then just push the tab on the black harness and disconnect it. Then the gray harness and disconnect that. Remove the latch assembly from the door. Pull the lock out of that square hole, the lock rod, and then the lock rod feeds up through the outer door handle and the latch mechanism comes out.
Now, using a flat blade screwdriver, just pry down on the tab underneath the door lock actuator and slide the actuator off those rails.
On the bottom is the old door lock actuator; above it is the new one from 1A Auto. You can see they're identical and they fit exactly the same.
Take your new door lock actuator and just pry open that tab a little bit so it'll slide into place easier. Slide it onto those rails all the way down until it clicks on.
You want your actuator set up with the outer door lock hooked on like that. What you'll want to do is hold this wire up, feed the inside door lock up out through the door handle hole. I'm holding up again on the outer door lock, and I'm going to grab hold right here. I'm now going to let my actuator go down. I've got my inside door lock up through here. This is out of the way, and I'm going to reach in and make sure that this harness comes over the actuator. Then I can let the actuator go back into place and line it up.
Feed the latch into place, start your three T27 bolts, and tighten them up. Reattach these harnesses; the gray one is right here, the black one is a little further in. Also, reattach this cable. Make sure this rod goes right down in there. Make sure your buttons are in the right spot. I'm reaching in with my left hand and I'm feeling to make sure that the buttons are going in evenly. Just push them into place. Quick check to make sure they're in place. Now, we can tighten up the nuts and put in these bolts.
Now replace this clip, push this harness back into place, and then put the rod back into that clip and close it. Then take that hook and push it back into place on the lock cylinder. Reconnect the harness to this bracket, line the bracket up, and replace that 10mm bolt and tighten it up.
Replace your water shield. To reconnect your door panel, just line up these lower hooks into those slots, feed your harnesses through the door, make sure that one is ready for the speaker, then re-clip your door handle cable, and then push it back into that bracket. You want to make sure you push it in all the way. Then push your door panel back into place, lining up all of those slots. You want to make sure that the lock rod is going up through this hole. Then slide the door panel down. Replace those two lower plugs. Put that small panel back into place. Reconnect your speaker and push that back into place. Then replace those two 8mm screws, the four 5.5mm or 7/32", the 10mm, and the two 6mm. Reconnect your harnesses to your switch pack. Then line up the tabs on the back and push the front down. Then line up the tabs on this panel and push it into place. Take the small panel behind the door handle and just push it back in.
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