>The lower cable on my LH window regulator broke today ('89 Carat). >Fortunately it's late and I don't have a piece of the correct size cable >handy, so I'm not spending my Saturday night messing around re-cabling this >thing. Any chance anyone has one of these regulators (used)? Or is it >always the cable or guides that break, never the motor? > >BTW, I found that tie-wraps slid through the inside window seal and through >the regulator mounting holes at the window base, do a good job of holding >the window up. Of course, I guess a piece of wood jammed in there would >work too... > > >Angus (psyching up for a cable-wrapping-head-scratcher) You could always fit an Electric-Life replacement. slower but much more reliable than stock, I believe.
Andrew Grebneff 165 Evans St, Dunedin, New Zealand fax 64 (3) 479-7527 <andrew.grebneff@stonebow.otago.ac.nz> VW van (something for every man), Toyota diesel & seashell nut *Even though Mac Users may be only 10% of the market, always remember that we are the TOP 10% *A 733mHz Mac G4 is 45% faster than a 1500mHz Pentium 4 |
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