Drivers window mechanism

[Toby Tram]

Hi All

Finally I have got around to the first work on the Wedge for ages. The drivers window was not working. I could here the motor engaging but no action.

On dismantling it I found that the glass had actually come adrift from the channel that the bottom edge of it sits into. The channel is a bit rusty and bent. The rubber liner that cushions it has also sen better days.

Does anyone have a spare channel which they can sell to me? I am considering buying a replacement motor and that part of the mechanism from Rimmers but it doesn't appear to come with the channel for the glass.

Any help or guidance on where to get a replacement would be appreciated.

Thanks

Adi

[Toby Tram]

The other point I have noticed is that there is some slack in the system such that when I operate the up/down electric window switch there is a second or two of whirring before anything starts to move.

Looking at the motor box suggests that it isn't serviceable. Does anyone know whether that is the case?

Cheers

Adi

[Toby Tram]

Thanks Ziga.

How do you do that!! I used the search facility in the way it is described in the 'How to Search' section!! Maybe I'm sympathetically technophoebic!!

Any thoughts on the motor serviceability issue?

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[Toby Tram]

Thanks guys for the offers. I might still take you up on some of them.

I have bought a Land Rover Defender window channel. It's about the right length and proportions. The runners are the right dimensions.

I have different thicknesses of rubber to try out to protect the glass. The one I want to use is a bit on the thick side. It will hold the glass beautifully if I can get the glass into it.

So I have a question:- Is it feasible to fit the channel to the glass first before lowering it into the door and man-handling the lift mechanism into the runners etc? Or do I have to fit the lift mechanism and then lower the glass into the channel and force it in place?

Answers on a postcard!!!!

Adi

[Toby Tram]

What did you use as the rubber liner then? Was it a tight fit? I presume it holds OK.

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[Toby Tram]

Thanks Marcus

That sounds a lot simpler than mine appears to be. My main concern is that the glass will pop out if not quite tight in the channel. I think I might try to source a thinner strip of rubber. I have got an inner tube which I have cut up but I think that will need to be doubled over to be thick enough and that might allow movement.......only want to do the job once as I just don't have time to re-do it!!!

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