I need to get my car inspected this month and the power window motor on the driver's side is shot and won't pass. (Yeah, yeah, I know - it's a road race car with power windows. A street legal race car is the only indirect constraint that my wife put on me to let me go play.)

According to the Haynes manual I need to secure the window in the halfway up position with door stops wedged between the door opening and the window.

I assume that they want me to hold up the window so I put a water bottle under the base of the window at the rear of the door. That is the only place to really do this anyway. Am I understanding this correctly?

I am then supposed to remove the rear channel guide bolts (easy enough to understand).

I am then supposed to punch out, then drill out the rivets that hold the regulator in place. Am I correct to assume that I need to have rivets and such to finish this project?

Also, I am to disconnect the electrical connector. Just looking at it, how the heck am I supposed to do that? There is no way to get my hands in there?

Maybe I'm just dumb and have to do this once... Anyone done this or have any input?

 

see if this helps:

how to: window motor replacement

 

Heh... just be like me and tell people you removed the window motors for weight purposes when in reality they no longer work <_<.

 

the guide posted above is the one that me and a friend used when we replaced mine, and as long as u drill in the right spots its easy to replace. took us about 20-30 minutes to everything.

 

Also when removing/replacing the motor use some zip ties and make loops through the holes in the motor to have handles to hold it with, helped me ALOT. good luck

 

Done.

Not only was the Haynes Manual flat wrong, you never would have finished the project if you followed the directions.

Thanks.

 

how long did it take you? I'm getting ready to do this myself

 

Hey, wanna drive to Dallas and help me fix mine while you're at it? Bring a drill, I don't have one!

 

if you follow shoe box directions in the above mentioned post than it will work great and easily just take time before you start to read and look at all the pictures. common sense tells you of course space will be limited do to the fact your working on it inside of your car door. just be patient and relax. i don't recommend doing this by flashlight though i have done it twice in my car and my wifes cavalier. both at night with limited light. the direction worked for my wifes cavalier but the holes were off so it was hit and miss. It took me about 30 mins for my car and and about the same for hers. I took my time and both have work great for past year and a half

 

what if your window is stuck in the down position and it doesnt seem to want to budge??