Date:         Sat, 22 Oct 2016 15:51:53 +0000
Reply-To:     "kenneth wilford (Van-Again)" <kenwilfy@COMCAST.NET>
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From:         "kenneth wilford (Van-Again)" <kenwilfy@COMCAST.NET>
Subject:      Re: Electric window problem!
Comments: To: John Rodgers <jrodgers113@gmail.com>
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Right now, just try to move the motor so that you have enough slack in the
cable to grab the window, pull it back up in the closed position and tape
it in place with some duct tape.  Once you get home you can deal with
getting a new window regulator from Vanagain.com.  I have heard they are
nice guys to buy from.  ;-)

Ken

On Sat, Oct 22, 2016, 9:51 AM John Rodgers <jrodgers113@gmail.com> wrote:

> The window regulator is the likely culprit.
>
> There is a vertical bar in the door that has a movable carrier on it. The
> windo hass sits on it. The carrier goes up and down, opening and closing
> the window. The carrier is pulled up or down by a cable. There is a plastic
> capstan at each end end of that vertical bar that guides the cable. The
> rivet that holds the bottom capstan has more than likely come loose,
> allowing so much slack in the cable that the motor can run, but not move
> the carrier. The cable could also be fouled in the gear and pully
> arrangement driven by the motor. In any case you must pull the regulator
> assembly to fix it.  The R&R is described in the Bentley.
>
> If the motor is running, the simplist way to repair it is to get a new
> regulator from Van Cafe. It comes without the  motor. Just swap the motor
> over to the new regulator.
>
> That regulator is a real PITA to repair  if it's broken. Better a new one.
>
> I'm currently dealing with the issue on my  '91 Carat - Driver's side.
>
> John
>
> On Oct 22, 2016 02:03, "Gordon Mah" <gordonmahung@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Sorry guys, urgent problem here.  1989 Vanagon with passenger side
> > electric window stuck fully open.  I hear the motor running (not the
> fuse)
> > but it won't go up or down.  Any ideas?  It was working smoothly until
> last
> > night.
> >
> > -g
> >
>