Date:         Wed, 15 Jan 2003 00:59:12 -0500
Reply-To:     john Runberg <jrunberg@MAC.COM>
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From:         john Runberg <jrunberg@MAC.COM>
Subject:      Power window motor remove / install
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After procrastinating through the summer and into the cold part of the year,
Virginia's annual inspection finally forced me to fix the driver side power
window. In the process I found a couple things that I didn't see in the
archives. Hopefully, I'll be able to find this info for next time!

After pulling all the screws and wedging the window, the bently says to
'pull the window guide back while removing the motor'. I found that to get
it to move I had to push the guide towards the outside of the door and then
towards the rear of the door. Good.

For the life of me, however, I couldn't get the motor out of the door. Then
I noticed two things: there was a plastic cover over the door limiter strap
which when removed gave me much more room, and the studs on the gearbox come
off easily. Once I did those two things I could slip the assembly up into
the door and then out the opening.

The rest of the process was similar to other posts I've read in the
archives, except my motor had two star screws holding the cover on and that
was the only part of the motor that could be disassembled. This is on a 90
Carat.

Does anyone have a source for these motors?

john