Sloooowwwwwww window.
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I've noticed that the drivers window winds down just as fast as the passenger one, but winds up a lot slower - sometimes worry that it isn't going to make it!
I've had the speaker out to check that it's in the front guide ok, and it is. Is there anything else I can check, or is it a common fault/that's just the way it is?
Also found that the cigar lighter lights up with the headlights on now, and it didn't before I took the speaker out! Bizarre!
I've had the speaker out to check that it's in the front guide ok, and it is. Is there anything else I can check, or is it a common fault/that's just the way it is?
Also found that the cigar lighter lights up with the headlights on now, and it didn't before I took the speaker out! Bizarre!
I have a Chimp 400 and the drivers window takes and age to get to the top. Did you find any solution to this problem. If so, please let me know.
Also, my cig lighter has come loose as the bolt has come off inside the door. Can anyone tell me if there is a way to get back on without pulling the door apart.
Also, my cig lighter has come loose as the bolt has come off inside the door. Can anyone tell me if there is a way to get back on without pulling the door apart.
Hi guys, bin following your problems, I had same slow at the last half syndrome, this is what I did to fix :-
Remove speaker put arm inside to left and right to locate 10MM bolts that hold door panel on and remove, a lesson in veternary practices wouldnt go a-miss here, locate and undo screw behind ashtray, there may be another but I've slept since I did this 3 months ago.
Once removed inner panel screws remove and locate the window winder motor.
Remove motor connector and clean with silicon spray then replace, done this just because I was there!.
At the bottom of the the motor is a long flexible screw drive which runs to the front of the door and up towards the a post. this gets water etc in it. You can carefully pull it out and run sum 3 in 1 oil down the open end to lubricate - there's that word.
if you do this whilst winding the window up and down you will be sure to work the oil through better.
After about a weeks worth of use or 10 'up and downs' my window was working at the correct speed and has'nt slowed yet.
Have fun let us know if it sorts it, you will need about 1.5hrs to complete the job, be careful with your panels.
Hope this helps
Vinny - Chimp 4.0
Remove speaker put arm inside to left and right to locate 10MM bolts that hold door panel on and remove, a lesson in veternary practices wouldnt go a-miss here, locate and undo screw behind ashtray, there may be another but I've slept since I did this 3 months ago.
Once removed inner panel screws remove and locate the window winder motor.
Remove motor connector and clean with silicon spray then replace, done this just because I was there!.
At the bottom of the the motor is a long flexible screw drive which runs to the front of the door and up towards the a post. this gets water etc in it. You can carefully pull it out and run sum 3 in 1 oil down the open end to lubricate - there's that word.
if you do this whilst winding the window up and down you will be sure to work the oil through better.
After about a weeks worth of use or 10 'up and downs' my window was working at the correct speed and has'nt slowed yet.
Have fun let us know if it sorts it, you will need about 1.5hrs to complete the job, be careful with your panels.
Hope this helps
Vinny - Chimp 4.0
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I have a Chimp 400 and the drivers window takes and age to get to the top. Did you find any solution to this problem. If so, please let me know.
Also, my cig lighter has come loose as the bolt has come off inside the door. Can anyone tell me if there is a way to get back on without pulling the door apart.
Blimey...are you sure you haven't nicked my car?! Exactly the same two problems. NB - driver's side window winds up quicker in wet weather, presumably because the water is reducing friction somewhere!
If I remember right, putting lube on the window edges won't work because it's only the bottom few inches of the window that sits in the guides.
If you don't want to take off the panel (bitch of a job) then you can try spraying WD40 into the little gap between the window edge and the black piece of rubber. Look into this gap and you will see one of the guides.
If the angle of the guide has moved then the window may experience more friction as it rises, you can change the angle quite easily (2 bolts on the bottom of the door, one on the side) but make sure that you do not increase the gap between the window and the seal. You will probably have to take the panel off to move the guides unless you have 3 foot skeletor arms.
If you don't want to take off the panel (bitch of a job) then you can try spraying WD40 into the little gap between the window edge and the black piece of rubber. Look into this gap and you will see one of the guides.
If the angle of the guide has moved then the window may experience more friction as it rises, you can change the angle quite easily (2 bolts on the bottom of the door, one on the side) but make sure that you do not increase the gap between the window and the seal. You will probably have to take the panel off to move the guides unless you have 3 foot skeletor arms.
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If you don't want to take off the panel (bitch of a job) then you can try spraying WD40 into the little gap between the window edge and the black piece of rubber. Look into this gap and you will see one of the guides.
NO NO NO please don't spray oil on it and especially not WD40 (which is a fine solvent and degreaser). Use silicone grease, this works a treat. Wind the window up and wipe it over the glass at the back, wind the window down and put it on the runner at the front. Winding the window up and dow a few times will work it into all the bits you can't see. If you oil it, it rots the rubber on the window slides which makes them swell and clamp the glass. No cure for this except new rubbers. But assuming you haven't oiled them, silicone grease will fix 90% of the problems and cleaning the electrics will fix another 5%. The final 5% comes down to misaligned window runners and in that case my advice is sell the car or find somebody with *far* more patience than I have to put them right!
Cheers,
Peter Humphries (and a green V8S)
)NO NO NO please don't spray oil on it and especially not WD40 (which is a fine solvent and degreaser). Use silicone grease, this works a treat. Wind the window up and wipe it over the glass at the back, wind the window down and put it on the runner at the front. Winding the window up and dow a few times will work it into all the bits you can't see. If you oil it, it rots the rubber on the window slides which makes them swell and clamp the glass. No cure for this except new rubbers. But assuming you haven't oiled them, silicone grease will fix 90% of the problems and cleaning the electrics will fix another 5%. The final 5% comes down to misaligned window runners and in that case my advice is sell the car or find somebody with *far* more patience than I have to put them right!
Cheers,
Peter Humphries (and a green V8S)
Yup, Peter's dead right. I asked this question on the TVRCC Maillist some time ago, Silicon Lube is the thing to use, just use plenty of it, my drivers window glides up and down and a quick squirt once every couple of months keeps it that way.
Perhaps not the perfect solution, but I have all the skin still on my hands and an extra 1.5 hours driving pleasure
Cheers,
Peter Humphries (and a green V8S)
Yup, Peter's dead right. I asked this question on the TVRCC Maillist some time ago, Silicon Lube is the thing to use, just use plenty of it, my drivers window glides up and down and a quick squirt once every couple of months keeps it that way.
Perhaps not the perfect solution, but I have all the skin still on my hands and an extra 1.5 hours driving pleasure
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