Strange Electric window issue

[martinmac]

R35LEE whi is a member on here may be able to get a spare motor

[luv2andy]

Ok Nixy spill the beans and share the window open/shut/door open/ shut/ ignition thingy willya??? My thumbs are tied at the mo and door panel looks nice---may squidge it? Was it Derick?

[luv2andy]

I see my rating has gone up from a NEWBIE to a hopeful. One day I will get it. Hopefully.

[jim]

[nixy]

someone on here definitely told me that procedure, I sat in my garage and did it! I thought it was martin............anyway it worked!

[BulletMagnet]

Just take the friggin car to a dealers already.

They'll sort the problem (eventually), you pay them...happy ending for all.

All you have to worry about is the big spanners they carry swinging from their belts.

[luv2andy]

But then that would be no fun for you would it? I do like a challenge and this forum has raised the bar. Funny I never imagined a mechanic with swinging spanners before. Sounds a bit like a cowboy?

[luv2andy]

For anyone who hasn't got one ---I have just purchased a cd workshop manual on e bay. Cost 99p. + 2.49p postage. This will give me a wiring diagram I presume; and perhaps even give me a map of the fuse-box in English for future ref. Which is one of the things I was unable to decipher.

[Walbertonio]

Hmm, this sounds like an issue I've been suffering lately, though I've also had a few occasions where the window has not lowered when the door is closed, but significantly later. Always a nice surprise when you are about to set off for work, to find the window down all night in the rain. I'll see about performing this reset procedure when I take my car to my m8 on Saturday to do the rear pads, I'm sure he'll figure out how to get the door card off.

[jim]

Hmm, this sounds like an issue I've been suffering lately, though I've also had a few occasions where the window has not lowered when the door is closed, but significantly later. Always a nice surprise when you are about to set off for work, to find the window down all night in the rain. I'll see about performing this reset procedure when I take my car to my m8 on Saturday to do the rear pads, I'm sure he'll figure out how to get the door card off.

 

It may take more than a re-set to cure that problem. I have just replaced the motor on the driver's side, since the window was failing to drop or wind down intermittently. When I had the old motor off the car, I stripped it down and discovered that the brushes were badly worn, one had almost disintegrated and the commutator was covered in carbon deposits. I am now looking for a set of replacement brushes so that I can re-condition the motor and either keep it as a spare or sell it on.

 

If anybody knows where to source a set of motor brushes to fit, I would appreciate a heads-up.