Brent, I don't know about alternatives, but I recently took a dead bosch vanagon window motor to see if they could fix it. They said they couldn't rebuild it. But as someone on the list commented, anything made by a human can be fixed by a human. But you might have to find just the right human. I'll bet you end up buying a new motor with your remaining limbs, but I sure want to hear about it if you do find an alternative. Jim On Apr 27, 2005, at 7:28 PM, Brent Weide's Yahoo Account wrote: > Anyone have any inside information on a good reasonable way to rebuild > or replace vanagon electric window motors and switches? With vw > replacement motors costing roughly as much as a left arm and leg, I > would rather go with an alternate design which'll last longer if one > exists. > Both of the Multivan's I've purchased and reworked (a 90 and now a 91) > have had power windows which operated at a very slow speed as if the > motors were wearing out. Now I know that the vanagon is a > patiencemobile but would very much like to get the window rolled down > before my trip is over once in a while!!! > > Anyone got any tips? > Thanks, > Brent > > > Brent Weide > Portland, Oregon > http://www.weidefamily.net/vanagon/ > |
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