Electric Window repair
Worst project ever!
Worse than redo of entire interior including headliner
Worse than replacing front and rear wind screens and all seals on 66 all alone
Difficulty 9/10
Blood letting 8/10
Time 6 hours not including removing and replacing door card
Need: gorilla tape, t25 bit, metric Allen set, small hands, thick skin
Here we go:
It is suggested that you start the project with the glass half down- unfortunately mine was inoperative and I was unable to find a way to put the window down without a working setup
Tested the wires directly using my battery as per another thread “76fj55” said
“If it is a power suply issue and not the motor itself, and if you have a power source (12V), could be battery or whatever, you could try powering the motor directly at the passenger door switch location. When you remove the switch, there are two blue and black (i think based on my 84) wires. if you power one and ground the other it should power the motor directly.”
This did not budge the window and motor not heard. I also switched the switches to make sure not a switch pb.
With the door card off I followed Bentley instructions. What a joke - basically it says remove all the screws, and then remove the mechanism thru the hole. Yea, if only.
First in order to remove the motor you have to take the actuator screws out - these were gold colored alen screws with washers. Around 6 of them. After that you can pull the motor down into view in the right foreword facing hole. There are 3 torx screws holding the motor in. I marked the mating holes on the actuator and motor with pink marker. After removing these 3 the motor can be pulled down and out the lower hole where you can see the electric connection. And disconnect. I am showing you this connector as it took a fair tug and wiggle to get it off. The motor then came out. I tested the motor with 12 v and it came to life. Yay!!!! Now for the (not ) fun part
Getting the gizmo out was a nightmare. The piece that stabilizes the frame really hindered efforts to remove. After messing with it for over an hour I finally got it out OPPOSITE of how Bentley said to do it. It came out motor side first and then “legs “ second. I had taped the window closed THIS IS IMPORTANT
Tested the motor on the now external piece and it worked fine. Decided to fix the pivot anyway so that less stress on the motor.
The spring holder that I thought was off was not the one. It was the tether piece that came off. It had been poorly peened and so I reinserted and peened it on.
Once I restored the spring tension( *danger* don’t lose an eye doing this- the spring is wickedly tight) - the peened piece looked unstable. So I rigged up a short flat head steel bolt. And 2 nuts with flanges. I placed the first flange down and the second flange up to creat a channel. Re tensioned the spring and tested for failure again. Worked fine.
Replaced the apparatus in reverse order.
Put it back motor side first (1 hour) and legs second. Threaded the wheels onto the window channel, and then tightened the motor screws first and actuator screws second. Having the motor holes marked to match was a huge help in orienting the items.
Done. Tested and working well. Spent another 45 min replacing all the visqueen. We live in the tropics so proper waterproofing is critical.
Ignore the manuals. The important thing is to direct the water back into the door. Just placing the plastic over the door skin does nothing. Last photos show how to place the membrane.
Martini time
