Date:         Wed, 8 Apr 1998 18:20:28 -0600
Reply-To:     Stephen Jones <sjones@TETONDATA.COM>
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From:         Stephen Jones <sjones@TETONDATA.COM>
Organization: Teton Data Systems
Subject:      Power Window problem
Comments: To: Vanagon@VANAGON.COM
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My driver side power window control has been slowly failing,
and today it died.  Previously, I would just have to slam the
door and it would start working again.  I thought I would
just have to pop open the door, clean some wires, and I'd be
done.  No such luck.

I'm not terribly technical, but here is the best I could figure
out.  The passenger side window works from the switch on the passenger
side, so it's not the fuse, but it does not work from the switch
on the drivers side.

How can I test to see if it's the power window motor or
the switch.  Running a multi-meter from the positive terminal on
the power window switch to ground shows 12V, so it appears to be
getting power.

Can I run 12 volts directly to the motor to see if it works?
How would you control the direction the window rolls?  Reverse
the polarity?

My browser times-out searching the archives, so no info there.

Thanks for any troubleshooting tips,

- Stephen Jones
'87 Westy
Jackson, WY