Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2001 21:11:36 -0500 From: Four Weis <mweinopsamcom> Subject: Re: dreaded stuck window problem
How hard was it to replace the electric drive with the manual crank? I liked the manual windows on my '86 900 base model. Now that I have a '90 900S, I would like to replace the power windows with manual windows when the power windows fail. 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 > on the passenger side so I can easily roll it up/down while driving, > and a fool proof manual on the driver's side which I can roll up > faster than the old motor could. Important when you have thrown your > moeny in the basket at the tool booth and it is freezing cold out! > <grin> > > 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. > > > 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. > > It may be you just need to clean the rack and relube it. Roll the > window all the way down (oh wait, you're already there <grin>), > unscrew the two screws that hold the glass to the frame (really the > glass is gripped by a strip and the stip is attached to the frame by > two screws), pull the glass up and out of the way and prop it up with > something (I used vise grips attached to something just under to sit > the glass on. Now you should be able to unbolt the rack and motor and > pull it out with a little maneuvering. At this point you can now spray > the crap out of it with WD-40 at all the point the metal slides > against each other. Once you get it all cleaned of gung, wipe it all > down with a clean cloth to remove as much WD-40 as possible, then lube > the rack with something (I guess light oil is as good as anything). > You should now have a rack that moves fairly easily. > > This *MIGHT* fix your problem if the motor is good. If not, you may > need to clean and lube either the motor itself or the gear box (the > motor is really a motor and gear box hooked together), or you can do > like me and just convert to a manual crank and be done with it. > > > I guess I'll poke around a little more in there today, maybe > > check fuses? > > Do you have a volt meter of some sort? You can put the leads right > across the two wires that go to the motor and when you push the window > button (up or down) you should see +12V there. If you don't have a > meter, you might consider dropping $20 at your local Radio Shack for > their basic model, as a basic meter is a nice tool to have around for > the car or home. IF you have the +12V then likely the issue is a stuck > or jammed window assembly. If you do NOT have the +12V then yes, maybe > a fuse is blown (are both windows on the same fuse/circuit? Something > to verify).
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