Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2005 11:25:07 -0500 From: "Valjean" <jvaljeannospamamcharter.net> Subject: Re: C900 Window motors
Ha, ha! That doesn't sound as though you're scared to me, it's possibly its opposite, though... "Mike P" <privacynospamacy.net> wrote in message news:35kk5lF4obk81U1nospamvidual.net... > > "Dave Hinz" <DaveHinznospamcop.net> wrote in message > news:35khtcF4lufb6U2nospamvidual.net... >> On Mon, 24 Jan 2005 02:56:06 -0000, Mike P <privacynospamacy.net> wrote: >> > >> > So, please can anyone give me a quick "idiots guide" to getting the > window >> > and motors etc in and out of the door? >> >> From memory... >> >> Remove the door handle surround; remove the screws holding the door inner >> shell to the door. Set these aside. >> >> The motor has a spur gear on it which drives the window up and down. >> The easiest thing to check, and do this before you buy anything, is if > it's >> just gummed up. At that age, it's not unreasonable to think that the >> substance-formerly-known-as-grease on the clock spring, and in the motor >> assembly, have formed into a rock-like substance. Degrease the spring > with >> your favorite solvent, and re-apply something preferably of the synthetic >> variety. Then, while you have the motor off of the door (just hanging >> inside is fine), see if the motor runs. If the gear turns a bit, or >> sluggishly, then it's gummed up inside. It's fairly easy to remove the >> side plate & degrease and relube that as well. >> >> > I was just going to buy a recon motor >> > and window kit from nospam, but it'd be useful if I have a vague > idea >> > of what I'm taking on first. I'm not too bad with spanners, managed a > full >> > engine swap on the last T16 (and it still goes!!) >> >> If you've handled an engine swap, the window motors will be dead simple > for >> you. No worries. > > Thanks For your help Dave! Engine swap wasn't hard at all. I've done > pretty > much everything else on a car, but even non-electric windows scare me!! My > last 900 had a right side window that would stick if you wound it right > down. Solution was to remove the door card and thwack the motor with a > hammer while pressing the switch.. > > MIke > >
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