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Installing my Alien Window Controller
Firstly, this is not intended as a replacement for the instructions provided by Alien Technology. There is also an excellent supplementary guide provided by Stargazer. I used both sets of information and had very little trouble with the install. It took me slightly longer than suggested, about 1.5 hours total, probably because I have never taken apart a door before, and stopped to look at everything in detail and had to run into the house for tools a few times. Now, I think that it would take me about 30 minutes to do it again.
The hard part of the install for me was the removal of the door panel.
2 broken fingernails
The install of the Alien was very easy. The people at Alien provided all of the connectors needed, including an extra one which I did need when a wire slipped out during a crimp.
0 broken fingernails, one Yahoo!
I took these pictures during my install, I hope that they are useful to you.
I have just started to pry the switch/handle unit out. I have already removed the inner moulding (pried out from bottom).
At this point, I have removed the switch/handle. I accidently did some extra work, removing the handle unit from the door.
The three big screws in the back are the ones they are talking about in the Alien instructions. You do not need to remove this part from the door trim, but you do have to undo the three screws to take the door trim panel off. The "snaps" everyone talks about are little plastic "christmas trees" which insert into holes in the metal door lining. I broke one of five, I will probably not worry about it!
Here, I have removed the harness tape and exposed the wiring (note two broken nails from pulling trim panel off door!)
These are the crimp connectors. I used a flat screw driver to push the wires in. By staggering the crimp connectors, the tape-up will be very sleek. The three holes are for the three screws holding the handle to the door.
Note the electrical tape on the resistor to allow rollups. If you count, there are eight "aliens" now because I mis-crimped.
All wrapped up!
Now, put the door back together in reverse order to complete the install. I recommend that you test the controller as described in the Alien instructions. I forgot to do this, fortunately everything worked great!