Date:         Sun, 8 Apr 2001 23:27:14 +1200
Reply-To:     Andrew Grebneff <andrew.grebneff@STONEBOW.OTAGO.AC.NZ>
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From:         Andrew Grebneff <andrew.grebneff@STONEBOW.OTAGO.AC.NZ>
Subject:      Re: Power window regulator
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>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>
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