If you can hear the motor, then the regulator has probably failed. There is a plastic pin in the cable system in the regulator that fails. It's really mickey-mouse. Someone on this list rebuildd these regulators and puts metal pins or ruivets in plat of plastic. I would get one of those. They less expensive than new regulators. John On Feb 23, 2017 01:50, "Greg McKinney" <ki4tlf@gmail.com> wrote: > Driving my dad's '90 Carat today. Let the driver's window down, got to > work > and it wouldn't go up. > You can hear the motor work for a second or two up or down, but the glass > doesn't move. > > I'm assuming that it needs a power window regulator? > > Unless it can be something else, I'll order it from one of our venders, > then > take the door apart when it comes in. > > Thanks, > > GregM > |
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