[DeTomaso] Passenger Window Stuck Down

[Mike Drew]

Dave,

You bring up an excellent point. People forget that the coiled spring that acts on the arm needs lubrication. There is a lot of metal-to-metal friction there. They normally have a heavy grease between the coils.....

Mike

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> On Jun 16, 2018, at 23:18, David & Michele <sullivanabode at bigpond.com> wrote:
> 
>   Thanks John,
> 
>   Got the assemblies out, and pulled them apart, the motor seems to be
>   fine. Strangely it appears that the spring might have been binding.
> 
>   The spring has quite a bit of rust scale, I have greased it up and
>   worked it through which seems to have reduced the binding. I'll clean
>   and grease the rest of the assemblies and return to the car for
>   testing.
> 
>   Thanks for your support,
> 
>   Dave
> 
>   On 16 Jun 2018, at 9:44 pm, John Taphorn <[1]johnftaphorn at gmail.com>
>   wrote:
> 
>   With the door card removed, you can ideally acces the machine screw
>   that attaches the ~ 10" arm to the window roller mount. With this
>   removed, operate the switch to see if the arm moves w/o the encumbrance
>   of the window. That will narrow down whether the window has bound or
>   your motion transfer gears are at fault.
>   On Sat, Jun 16, 2018 at 3:15 AM David & Michele
>   <[2]sullivanabode at bigpond.com> wrote:
> 
>     Dear Forum,
>     This morning on the way to Cars and Coffee my passenger window
>     stopped in the down position.
>     Checked/swapped the switches, so it's not that.
>     Pulled the plug to manually wind, no plastic gear in sight.
>     Pulled the door card off when I returned home, appears to have the
>     Aerostar conversion completed by a previous owner. Window glass
>     appears free in the guides, the ammeter flinches and the motor makes
>     a small click when the switch is operated in either direction though
>     no movement is observed.
>     Any ideas?
>     I would like to make the cruise event planned for tomorrow but can't
>     secure the car with the window down.
>     Dave
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