1989 350i window motor

[pjac67]

Hi all, everything works on the Wedge now except need a motor for the drivers window - I think this is a SD1 part but where would I get one from please?

Thanks, Paul.

[Yatesy350i]

Paul

I think there were a pair listed on fleabay yesterday? I'll have a look for the listing number.

Karl.

[Yatesy350i]

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Reliant-Scimitar-TVR-Wed...

There you go, not sure if they are the ones?

[Mr Tank]

Hi Paul

Yes those are the correct motors for a wedge.

Andy

[Danny Hoffman]

Hi,

If you get really stuck finding a motor I have couple of spares.

Cheers

Danny

[pjac67]

Thanks guys - I had been watching this last week on ebay - thought you might be able to buy just the motor itself...

[KelWedge]

Rimmer brothers, has sd1 stuff , new

[mrzigazaga]

Hi Paul...Rimmerbros sell the motors and the mechanics but they are used..I found a couple of brand new motors but they are not cheap!...Ziga

Rimmers:
http://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=r...
New Motors:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/ROVER-SDI-3500-EFI-vites...

[pjac67]

Thanks Mark - Rimmers good value - unless you want to part with one of yours Danny - was going to have a play at seeing if it was just seized/could be 'unstuck' but failing that....

Thanks again for making this a great forum for info etc!

[pwd95]

Have you tried whacking it with a hammer? Seriously, power on & wallop. Worked with my old one.

[Danny Hoffman]

I agree, Rimmers ones do look good value.

You might be able to fix yours, over the years I've had a window jam a few times.

Twice it was wear in the quadrant gear at the fully lowered position. If you remove the motor (you'll have to drill out the 3 mounting rivets) and see if the motor works once it's not engage with the mechanism. To get round this you can either drill a hole in an appropriate part of the quadrant and fit a nut and bolt as a stop, you'll only need to restrict the last 1/2" of travel. Alternatively you can cut between the next tooth on the quadrant gear and bend it to restrict movement.

Once I had a motor seize due to lack of lubrication, they are a bit fiddly to reassemble, you'll need a couple of pieces of stiff wire to hold the brushes out when re-inserting the armature.

Finally I had one strip the nylon worm gear, that's when I gave up and sourced some spares!

[Danny Hoffman]

There's one on fleebay at a good price now

[pjac67]

Thanks Wyn - tried many bangs with the hammer to no avail.

Thanks for the heads up Danny - my new motor and window mechanism arrived from Rimmer yesterday and fitted today ! - the Wedge is fully operational!

Thanks for the help all.

Paul.