FFS What did i do to deserve this?

[R1 Indy]

Cable on window regulator snaps after only 3 years, and out of warranty.

then after 2 hours of stripping down the door this morning, glass removed the lot!

I then realise ive bought a LH reg, not a RH!

And to top it off its now pissing it down with fking rain, so my interior is getting soaked as i have no fking window.

so what is next?


Why does everything i do go wrong?

[illmonkey]

Tape a bin bag over the window.

[drivin_me_nuts]

Simple steps.

Watch. measure. Understand. Step back. Measure again. Observe more. Understand more. Buy. Fit.

Job. Jobed.

HTH


As for the rain coming in. if nothing else, clingfilm will work. even in the wet. Wrap the door up.

[soad]

illmonkey said:

Tape a bin bag over the window.

This! Perfect temp. fix

[fathomfive]

illmonkey said:

Tape a bin bag over the window.

Make sure it's an empty one though.

[FreeLitres]

fathomfive said:

illmonkey said:

Tape a bin bag over the window.

Make sure it's an empty one though.

+1. Plus it will look like gangsta-tints!

[nelly1]

R1 Indy said:

Why does everything i do go wrong?

[SkinnyBoy]

err slide window back in and fix with gaffer tape over the door lace/frame until you get the new reg shirly??? Or is that too obvious lol

[R1 Indy]

^ if only it were that simple.

i think i will refit the old reg, fit glass, and wedge it back up.

and im far too ham fisted to make a bin bag fit over a door lol

but its stopped raining now and the sun has come out, so by the time ive finished my coffee it will be pissing it down again!

[marsred]

SkinnyBoy said:

err slide window back in and fix with gaffer tape over the door lace/frame until you get the new reg shirly??? Or is that too obvious lol

You can also use rubbers (as in pencil erasers) cut into wedges and jammed in between the glass and door to help keep them in place. Worked wonders for my old Golf when the window fell in and tape wouldn't hold it.

[monthefish]

R1 Indy said:

I then realise ive bought a LH reg, not a RH!

R1 Indy said:

FFS What did i do to deserve this?

You bought a LH reg, not a RH.

HTH

[T_Pot]

If thats the worse thing to happent to you today, its not really a bad day mate, just a small upset....

no one died or got hurt, its annoying more than anything

[anonymous-user]

My Dad and FiL taught me

Measure Twice

Saw Once

[Road2Ruin]

Could be worse. You could have just found out your alternator is knackered, then when opening the bonnet to get it sorted the bonnet release cable breaks! Oh no sorry, that happened to me...

[R500POP]

It's a regulator on a window, what's the big deal. Do you have anger management "issues".

Who bought the wrong part???