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Date: Fri, 14 Dec 2001 13:26:01 GMT
From: jw <johnwebster1nopsamhlink.net>
Subject: Re: dreaded stuck window problem


Patrick Timlin wrote: > > jw <johnwebster1nopsamhlink.net> wrote ... > > 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. > > I had the same problem with my driver's side window on my 1988 900S > (three door model). I eventually just replaced it with a manual crank > and couldn't be happier. Now I have the best of both worlds, an auto I meant to reply to this earlier. You can actually retrofit the door with a manual handle??? How in the name of the great Saab gods would you do that? ;) > Anyway, while it was still motorized, when it got stuck, it wasn't a > tap that got it movng again. With the door panel off, push and hold > the up button and then WHACK!!! the rack with a hammer. Worked for me. I'll try that over the weekend. It's supposed to pour down rain today and I have a tarp over the car. > > 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. Same here, the passenger side motor works great. Driver's side is slow, but works. > It may be you just need to clean the rack and relube it. Roll the <snip great info> Thanks, I'm saving all this. I don't have much time to post this morning, just wanted to acknowledge your help. -jw, rhode island saab driver/amateur mechanic

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