There are some plastic components of the winder and after awhile they wear out. You'll have to take things apart to see for sure. I was able to "fix" things for awhile with some wire and washers, but finally ended up replacing the regulator from a donor van. On Mon, 20 Dec 1999, Martin Laycock wrote: > My manual window winder gave up on me yesterday. The window was iced up and > I gave it too much force. Now the handle spins freely and nothing happens. > Any ideas folks??? > I know I should investigate this before I use up list space but it is -12 > here and I want to have an idea before I venture out side. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Tom Young young@sherlock.SIMS.Berkeley.EDU Lafayette, CA 94549 '81 Vanagon --------------------------------------------------------------------- |
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