Date:         Mon, 29 Nov 1999 12:14:33 -0800
Reply-To:     "Penberthy, Thomas" <TPenberthy@CREATIVEPRO.COM>
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From:         "Penberthy, Thomas" <TPenberthy@CREATIVEPRO.COM>
Subject:      Power window woes
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Volks,

I've an 89 Westy GL (Marlin) who is a dream to drive. One day I will regale
you all with stories of his heroics and valor. But not today.

Today I have two questions. Hence, I will write two emails. This is the
first.

My power windows have ceased to function. In the morning they worked, in the
afternoon they didn't. Then a few days later, they did again, but only for a
short time.

I have traced the problem to a DPO fix from a previous problem. Opening the
driver's side door, looking at the rubber boot which houses the wires for
locks, windows, and mirror, I saw a slit. Fishing around in there
(carefully), I found a splice. A broken splice. I attempted to reconnect it,
but I had lost the end of the wire that goes into the car (as opposed to the
one that goes into the door). I can feel it, but I can't get it to pull out
enough to reconnect.

My guess is that, to fix it right, I'll have to take off the door and run a
whole new wire from the window controller to the wiring harness. I called my
friendly neighborhood VW guy and he said he'd be happy to do it for $90.

Q: Is this a hard fix to make?

Q2: Do I need any special wire to do it?

Q3: Do I need any special VW specific parts to replace all the door pieces
(little clips, plastic seals etc)?

Q4: Do you think this broken connection would cause both driver's and
passenger windows to fail?

Thanks in advance.

</tom>