Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2001 09:48:59 -0500 From: "Red Aero" <redaero93nopsamail.com> Subject: Re: dreaded stuck window problem
You really have to remove the entire frame and hinged arms, clean with penetrating fluid and re-grease. It's messy but necessary for a permanent fix. It's impossible to get the pivot points to loosen up while in the car. Red "jw" <johnwebster1nopsamhlink.net> wrote in message news:3C158FF9.12B96EADnopsamhlink.net... > I have the fairly common stuck window problem in my 1984 900 S. > I took the door panel off and tried to get it to budge by > tapping things and trying to "help" it up a bit. I couldn't get > it to budge. > > Motor has been working very well (far better than the driver's > side), and my friend put it donw the other day and now it > doesn't go back up. Had been working great since then. > > I guess I'll poke around a little more in there today, maybe > check fuses? I wouldn't be in such a rush if I lived in some > "dry heat" state like Arizona. But Rhode Island is getting > pretty cold, wet and snowy about this time of year, so I'd > kinda like to close the window. A blue tarp is neither > see-through, nor very aesthetically pleasing. > > Any suggestions much appreciated. > > Thanks, > > -jw