Rolling up a dead power window

[Lester]

Is there any easy way (that I'm somehow missing) to close the window when the motor is dead? My passenger window went down halfway then died. I've ordered a replacement, but until then, I'd like to roll it back up.

I've got the door disassembled, tested out the switches with a voltmeter, and direct connected the motor to the battery to verify it is the source.

Thanks,

Lester

 

[Rons beast]

I believe the only way is to drill out the rivets holding the regulator to the door. Then maneuver the regulator to get the arms out of the window channel and pull the window up. Use strong tape to hold the window up, and/or a screwdriver or locking pliers under the channel.

Sometimes getting the regulator out is like a puzzel, just need patients and imagination.

 

[Lester]

I was just checking in to update. Thanks for the reply.

I figured my best bet was going to be removing the motor, since a couple of the sites that told how to replace the motor had the same instructions TAPE UP THE WINDOW (or it will fall). Ergo, I assumed I could move the window up if I removed the motor, then I could slap the bad motor back in to hold the window in place until the new motor arrived.

I taped the window in place, and set about removing the window based on the directions located here:

http://forums.bucknakedoffroad.com/index.php?topic=133.0

I was taken aback by the fact I was going to have to drill holes into the door to remove the bolts, but pressed forward. Apparently a previous owner already knew this, had a bad window motor(?) and already drilled the holes for me. (YAY!) The downside: one of the bolts (bottom) was missing already.

So, removed the final bolt and the motor dropped into the door. When I retrieved it (funny story on that later), the wiring harness had come loose on one side. (It was spliced in two places PER WIRE.) One of them (+) had pulled loose from a pretty crappy tape job.... which immediately got my brain turning. Since I had only tested the motor via the harness, I hauled the motor up to the battery, slapped it across the terminals and BOOOYA! I can now (try and) cancel my order to JBG... the motor was fine. I spliced the wires back together (in better form than before) and threw the motor back in. All is well.

Funny sidenote: While trying to remove the second bolt (the one that sits just enough out of reach that drilling a hole into the panel would be near impossible, I lost my ratchet. I scurried up to the local Ace Hardware (about 3 miles away) and picked up one of those extended reach grabby things for picking up hard to reach parts. (two freakin' dollars... they could have charged me 30 and I would have paid it. Since I could see it by the drain port, that was an easy grab. Later, during the course of the repair, I dropped a couple more items down there (shut it!), but when I would go fishing blindly for them, I would come back with screws I hadn't dropped. Hopefully they aren't important.

 

[Rons beast]

Thanks for the info Lester.

I didn't know you could take out the motor without removing the regulator.

Learn "sumtin new" every day.

Thanks again.

 

[Seabronc]

Funny sidenote: While trying to remove the second bolt (the one that sits just enough out of reach that drilling a hole into the panel would be near impossible, I lost my ratchet. I scurried up to the local Ace Hardware (about 3 miles away) and picked up one of those extended reach grabby things for picking up hard to reach parts. (two freakin' dollars... they could have charged me 30 and I would have paid it. Since I could see it by the drain port, that was an easy grab. Later, during the course of the repair, I dropped a couple more items down there (shut it!), but when I would go fishing blindly for them, I would come back with screws I hadn't dropped. Hopefully they aren't important.

Spare parts from the last guy

Good luck,