Date: Sun, 13 Jun 2004 18:38:24 GMT From: John B <rotten_NOSPAM_nospam.org> Subject: Re: Stuck Electric Window Regulator
On Sun, 13 Jun 2004 12:24:48 GMT, Paul Halliday <pjghnospamyonder.co.uk> wrote: > The car: 1989 SAAB 900 T8 <snip> > I'd appreciate some words of advice from people who have "been there ... > Done that" - thanks in advance. > Paul, I've replaced one of these before, although it wasn't completely frozen in place. I found it to be a fairly simple job with the help of the Bentley manual. I think you will have to remove the glass to get the motor out. Try spraying some WD-40 down onto the motor sprocket; maybe you'll be able to get a little motion out of it. In my case, the sprocket was badly rusted. Here's a summary of the procedure as detailed in Bentley (should be similar to your Haynes, but I don't have a Haynes to compare with): Disconnect battery, remove door trim/moisture barrier. Remove weatherstrip spring clips & interior weather strip. Disconnect motor electrical connector (if you can reach it anyway). Get someone to hold the glass and remove the screws that hold the glass onto the regulator (at the bottom of the pane) (I think you need the window to be down to expose the screws through the hole in the door). Then take out the glass (this takes some creative manipulations). Then remove the four bolts which hold the regulator assembly to the door, and take the whole thing out through the hole in the door. Then just take the motor off and replace it. I replaced it with a new (used) motor which has been working well ever since. Hope this helps. John
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