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Date:         Thu, 4 Jan 1996 22:49:38 -0600
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From:         jgladu@bcm.tmc.edu (John Gladu)
Subject:      the warranty must be over...

Actually, the warranty has been gone awhile, but we did just finish paying for it...

'90 Vanagon GL.

The passenger-side power-window thingy died with the window about two inches from the top. I was blocks from the dealer so I pulled in and took the liner off of the door. They had a window regulator in stock ($161US) and I looked at it to see if I could tell what had happened. The little plastic wire-guide that goes at the bottom of the sliding-guide-thing had fallen off. I have all of the pieces and none are broken.

My question: how do I determine if I can get it back the way it was? The cable appears to not be long enough for the little guide to go back where it belongs. What happens inside the regulator (motor-driven-gear-box-actuator-thing)? I imagine that the cable wraps around it like a line on a windlass. Is there some way to get the cable back to the "opened" or "closed" position without disassembling the regulator?

The motor still makes a click-click noise when I push the switch, no grinding sounds. I can test the motor itself by unbolting the regulator from it.

Anyone out there done this before?

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