Guess what this thang is ...
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drivers winder switch,
and for how to clean it
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there is a nice thread about all this, including how to get auto up to go with the auto down with pictures
and for how to clean it
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there is a nice thread about all this, including how to get auto up to go with the auto down with pictures
BTW neat pic, negative? how did the blue get in?
Go down to Radio shack if you have them in the great white north. They have a contact cleaner in a spray can with a brucs attachment and just get in there qare spray and scrub that crap out of there.
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Thanks Rick , I'll head out before work and look for it at my Radio Shack .
I decided to post this up , hoping the newer guys might see it and check out their switches as well . Saw a bunch with similar complaints as I've had for some time with regards to slow windows . Someone on another thread reminded us of the dirty switch .
TY
I decided to post this up , hoping the newer guys might see it and check out their switches as well . Saw a bunch with similar complaints as I've had for some time with regards to slow windows . Someone on another thread reminded us of the dirty switch .
TY
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Ok .. I pulled it apart further , and took it into the washroom vanity to clean it . (condo .. no work bench yet)
**Note to self .. close the drain BEFORE working on things laden with teenie springs etc !
So after watching a spring merrily spiral down the drain , I proceeded to clean the black gunk off the contacts . I reassmble and walk down to the garage .. proud as a peacock .
Reattach ... and VOILA !
Ummm .. I said .. V O I L A ! ! !
Mmmm , apparently my 80 hasn't received the "if he pampers any portion of you .. return his kindness with IMPROVED
performance !"
I got the impression that perhaps portins of my door skins were squeezing the window too tightly , so I drove off to a parking lot to fiddle with them .
Nothing ... Hmmmm , ok I thought , I'll try the silicone lube spray I have in the back .
So I sprayed the s***e out of the upper door tracks . Then I cleaned them out with a cloth .. and then liberally reapplied the lube spray .
VOILA ! Get this ...
While idling ... with the heater fan on full , I can NOW bring up BOTH front windows within 3 seconds ! For me that is not only unusual , but bloddy amazing .
2nd note to self .... Apply silicone spray to upper door tracks biweekly thru out the winter months !
TY
PS : I bet the contacts are making a big difference too .. they just needed to have clean tracks BEFORE their contribution could be seen .
**Note to self .. close the drain BEFORE working on things laden with teenie springs etc !
So after watching a spring merrily spiral down the drain , I proceeded to clean the black gunk off the contacts . I reassmble and walk down to the garage .. proud as a peacock .
Reattach ... and VOILA !
Ummm .. I said .. V O I L A ! ! !
Mmmm , apparently my 80 hasn't received the "if he pampers any portion of you .. return his kindness with IMPROVED
performance !"I got the impression that perhaps portins of my door skins were squeezing the window too tightly , so I drove off to a parking lot to fiddle with them .
Nothing ... Hmmmm , ok I thought , I'll try the silicone lube spray I have in the back .
So I sprayed the s***e out of the upper door tracks . Then I cleaned them out with a cloth .. and then liberally reapplied the lube spray .
VOILA ! Get this ...
While idling ... with the heater fan on full , I can NOW bring up BOTH front windows within 3 seconds ! For me that is not only unusual , but bloddy amazing .
2nd note to self .... Apply silicone spray to upper door tracks biweekly thru out the winter months !
TY
PS : I bet the contacts are making a big difference too .. they just needed to have clean tracks BEFORE their contribution could be seen .
Tyler,
by *upper door tracks* do you mean the felt weatherstripping visible?
or do you mean you pulled the door pannel off and sprayed the metal tracks on the inside of the door?
by *upper door tracks* do you mean the felt weatherstripping visible?
or do you mean you pulled the door pannel off and sprayed the metal tracks on the inside of the door?
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Chris , I was way out in a parking lot .. it was snowing so I just sprayed liberally into the lined track that flanks the glass when it is fully up .( though I sprayed while the window was fully down) I did not rip off the door skin etc and go into the guts . I did however spray for a while 'down' the track , knowing it would run down with gravity and window movement . I expect to have to reapply the silicone frequently during the winter ..... but so far , it's fairly improved .
TY
TY
