Power Door Locks - Lock 'Em Up!

We have already removed the doorsill plate. Here we remove the kick panel with the speaker.

Choosing the location carefully, we marked the desired location for the wiring to leave the body with a center punch and hammer. A good smack with the punch ensures the bit won't walk when the drilling begins.

Using a right angle drill, the specified 7/16-inch hole is created in the kick panel area.

Here we have punched through with the bit on the outside. It's imperative that the hole in the door be at the same level, so we mark the needed height with a tape line.

The electrical conduit hole is drilled into the front end of the door shell. The right-angle drill is useful for this.

The wires for the driver's door are routed over the steering column and parking-brake pull handle, then into the hole in the kick-panel area.

Once the wires are through the panel, they are fed one at a time into some flexible electrical conduit. Without this protective jacketing, the insulation on the wires would eventually wear through on the metal edge.

Here's the completed electrical bridge between the car body and door shell. The wires were carried back to the power latch and the connections completed. Be sure to route and secure the wires so they won't become entangled in the window-regulator mechanism.

With the main harness in the dashboard, the wires for switch connections are carried back along the transmission tunnel. They will be concealed beneath the carpeting on their way to the center console.

Before installing the console into the car, we made a small opening in the bottom to admit the switch wires. Here, we lead the switch wires up into the opening and complete the installation of the console.

We route the wires through the switch mounting holes made in the console to access the back side of the switches. All of the wiring will be concealed behind the lining of the glovebox.

All that remains now is to set the switches into their bezels. The console adds to the interior of this nice Mustang, and we're certain the instantaneous control of the door locks will be appreciated by anyone using the car.