ramcram

I need one of these but i can't find one!

Carparts4sale advertise but have no stock.

Any help welcomed.

vw golf gti mk3 1h5 959 781 trunk release

Petza914

I think I have one, but couldn't make it function properly with the linear actialtion it does. Ended up juatnintllingnthe proper roatry motor and triggering it from my keyless entry system and it works perfectly.

Neufcatcat

Can you enlighten me with this? I dig your set-up and I really want to do this on my '81.

TIA

Petza914

Sure, all the detail is in my build thread here - https://rennlist.com/forums/928-foru...roger-box.html

specifically, posts 124 for the power door locks and post 133 for the rear hatch release. Going to put the same kit and setup into the 944 S2 we just bought for my son - works fantastic. His will be easier because he already has a power hatch release that I can just tie the wiring into - my 84 didn't have it.

The rear hatch motor runs in a circle to cycle the gold arm on it properly. It works by pushing the tap connected to the arm into the white spring loaded piece on the male top portion of the latch, causing it to release. I tried a linear actuator on my 81 and never got it to work. When the arm and latch are in the proper position for the hatch to close, the gold tab should be hidden or the hatch latch won't catch.

Alan

I didn't find the VW unit to be difficult to get working - though you do need some adaptations to fit (it is not plug & play electrically or mechanically). I do however find the stock units to be absolute crap (and of course expensive, noisy and slow). Long long ago I got mine working with my KE unit (that part is relatively easy). I persevered with the stock unit for a long time, adjusting, cleaning, repairing, improving and even replacing once. It never stayed working reliably for much more than 2 years. Eventually I was tired of the amount of energy and grief this crap system gave me and replaced it with an inverted VW (pusher type) module. It has never failed since - so much more reliable, quieter, much quicker and a fraction of the price.YMMV!

Alan

Petza914

It also looks to me like the door lock unit is the same as the trunk release motor, just mounted differently, so if upgrading the doors to the linear actuators in the Amazon kits like I did, you'd have a spare hatch actuator motor or two. Usually the rotating gear in one of the door ones fails, but with 2 to choose from, you might find a working one for the hatch.

I've not compared the part numbers though, so maybe they look similar but are actually different.

ramcram

It replaces the 928 rotary hatch release.

ramcram

I got 2 from what was suppose to be this model car but was quite different, They needed polarity reverse. I used them for my door locks.

ramcram

I used your install guide Alan but the unit I used is faulty. I just need the 1h5-959-781 unit now as I have it all et up and wired.

U-928

I have a couple parts mk3's. I'll check them today.

I have 2, and neither have the part numbers you seek, sorry.

Alan

Did you try ordering one at the VW dealer parts dept.? More expensive for sure but I'd assume still available. eBay used to have many - there were few different functional types (push/pull) but a few flavors within that that seemed ~functionally equivalent as far as I could see. Search for 3A0 959 781 instead (I believe its what you want), but do also look at the alternative type: 3B0 959 781 A - which also looks like a pusher and a great deal smaller - wish I had found that to try when I did mine.

Alan

ramcram

Thanks for looking U-928.

Alan, I have a '3A0-959-781' I bought in desperation because it looks like the 1H5. cost me a fortune by the time it reached 'down under' and then the little button that hooks to the rod was broken off!

It works thought, backwards. Same dimensions and connections, so it bolts straight onto my modded setup but it is a puller?

I contacted the local VW dealers and they took my details, called me back 2 days later asking 'again' for the car's VIN, which of course I don't have. They said they would get back to me. I got an email asking a third time for the VIN, I replied again I don't have it. No more contact!

I'll look at the 3B0 959 781 A.

Thanks guys.

Neufcatcat

Thanks!!!

ramcram

I ordered one of these thanks Alan.3B0 959 781 A

checkmate1996

To summarize, is the 3B0 959 781 A a direct replacement or do modifications need to happen?