[DeTomaso] Erratic Window Operation

[JDeRyke at aol.com]

In a message dated 7/1/08 10:39:26 AM, pvperry at earthlink.net writes:

> The other day I put my driver's side window up and just as it went 
> completely closed I heard a "Pop" sound in the door. Since then the window works 
> erratically in that when I press the window switch down the window will go down 
> an inch or two then act like it is jammed. If I then turn the "Manually 
> Operated" crank a little bit, then press the window switch down again the window 
> will go down a couple of more inches and so on until it is all the way down.
> 
The OEM plastic gear broke, as all will eventually; FWIW, yours lasted longer 
than most. You'll need to remove the entire window mechanism, 'cause the 
screws for accessing the drive gears face the outside of the door and even if you 
somehow teased them out, you still need to clean out the 38-yr-old grease 
thats turned to stone. Do yourself a favor and replace BOTH window gears plus the 
identical one in the headlight raise/lower mechanism (3 total needed), with 
bronze gears available from all the vendors as drop-in replacements. Or replace 
the entire drive system with something faster/lighter/quieter- the vendors 
carry such. Good luck- J DeRyke



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