Date:         Wed, 8 Apr 1998 22:49:59 -0400
Reply-To:     Patrick Dooley <pdooley@GTE.NET>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <Vanagon@vanagon.com>
From:         Patrick Dooley <pdooley@GTE.NET>
Subject:      Re: Power Window problem
Comments: To: KENWILFY <KENWILFY@AOL.COM>, Vanagon@VANAGON.COM
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Another common problem with PW switches is burned contacts.  If you can take
the switch apart, do it.  Clean the contact points and coat them with
dielectric grease or something similar.

-----Original Message-----
From: KENWILFY <KENWILFY@AOL.COM>
To: Vanagon@VANAGON.COM <Vanagon@VANAGON.COM>
Date: Wednesday, April 08, 1998 10:36 PM
Subject: Re: Power Window problem


>If the motor works from the passenger side switch then it works.  It is the
>driver's side switch.  It sounds to me like loose connections on the back
of
>the switch.  I was looking at the back of my switch today and was surprised
to
>find that the connections were soldered!  In aircraft electrical systems we
>rarely solder connections in areas subject to vibration or shock (doors
>slamming) since they tend to brake under those situations.  If you can get
>your switch out of the door check the connections on the passenger side
window
>switch for security of attachment and corrosion.  I bet one of your wires
is
>loose or broken.  Or one of the terminals is.
>Ken Wilford
>John 3:16