Mark. All in all, its a pretty easy fix. You need to remove the door panel
and then the motor. The motor is help in with three screws. In the gear head
of the motor there is a plastic piece that acts as a sort of shock buffer
between the window mechanism and the motor. More often than not that plastic
thing is in a million pieces. I've been told you can buy replacement parts new
for about $30 or so. Ask around at the parts stores and you should be able to
find the parts. Replacing it is easy once you have the gear head apart. I
suggest you wash the grease out of the gear head so as to get all those nasty
plastic shards out or they will really do a number on the gears. Then
replenish the grease in there, it looks like some sort of moly or graphite type
grease. I think a set of gears comes with the repair kit and that would cover
you in the event that it is a stripped gear, that does happen but not as often
as the busted clutch thingy.
Good luck! Let us know what happens!
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mark Blitman" <markblitman@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, December 23, 2002 5:31 PM
Subject: IML: power window repairs
drivers window on my '74 imp 2dr needs work; you can hear the motor spinning
around but the window doesn't move. anyone have experience in fixing these and
anything i need to look out for? so far i haven't found anyone who wants to
work on it...thanks!
mark blitman
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