nissan single wire lock to dual gnd out

I have a door lock actuator from a 1994 Nissan Maxima that i'm using in the door of my 1990 Nissan 240SX (180SX in Japan, 200SX in Europe). It works wonderfully for locking and unlocking the door using my alarm and screws into the factory position perfectly. It replaced a switch in the driver's door. The passenger door already had a door lock actuator from factory. The problem i'm having is that the door lock has a single wire output. It is Ground when unlocked, NC (Open) when locked. But the car uses two wires which need to be momentarily grounded. Unlock: ORANGE / Blue Lock: ORANGE / Black How do I convert the Ground/Open signal from the door lock into two momentary grounds?

Ground -> Momentary Ground ORANGE / Blue

NC (Open) -> Momentary Ground ORANGE / Black I've spent hours looking through the relay diagrams but whatever I come up with is horribly complicated.

You need to tap into the door lock motor wires not the switch wire. The switch wire works as you described. The motor wires will have 2 wires on it. let me see if I can find info on the door lock motor wires..

sounds like you might have Type F locks. If you search the downloads section, search 1041, it shows you the setup for Type F.

Ok the door lock motor wires are a Light Green wire and a light green and black stripe according to the service manual. They can be found at the "door lock timer" located in the passengers kick panel behind the ECM. If you can find the wiring harness going into the passenger door, I'm sure they will be in there too. You can test these wires for a Positive signal. One will show 12 volts when lock is pressed the other will show 12 volts when unlock is pressed. You will just tap into these wires and run them to the new actuator. when you hook them up to the new actuator you have a 50/50 chance of getting it correct. You will not hurt anything if you get it wrong the first time. You will know its incorrect because if you press lock on the door the actuator will do the opposite action of unlocking, and vice-versa. If that happens just reverse the 2 wires and check again.

Disregard my posts, I thought you were trying to integrate the 94 maxima's actuator in a spot that never had an actuator before. You are actually trying to integrate the switch. My posts have to do with the actuator, not the switch...

Thanks flobee4, I just realized I misread his setup.

The car is Type B, but the lock I put into the driver's door is type F. So I want to convert the type F signal into a Type B signal. This is so that I can move the lock on the driver's door to lock and unlock the passenger door, like how it used to be when I had the switch in the driver's door instead of the passenger door.

Yeah, sorry I should have explained it better. Hopefully my post makes it clearer.

You are talking about the lock position switch located on the 94 maximas actuator itself?? If so then you are actually going from 2 seperate negative signals on the maxima's actuator to a "f" type one wire system in the car... right?

His car uses the Type F system and he's installing an actuator from a Type B car. I'm trying to draw up a relay diagram but can't find one yet without having to keep a relay energized at all times. Hey mikk999, do you know if when the single wire goes to the open ciruit for lock, does that wire show 12v at all?