So, I drank come Grappa for courage and re-engaged with that f-ing door project. I figured it works for the mechanics at Ferrari, so it should work for me.
Here is the backwards clockspring. Mounted like that, it won't go down all the way, and will try to break itself against the top of the window. I got it off, but flipping it over and getting it back on the right way is pretty hard. Add to the fact that this part doesn't have the clip that stabilizes the window, it's going back/in the trash.
The top of the door card that hangs over the window ledge. It is very, very fragile, and getting it weaseled over the ledge can easily damage it.
The wiper itself is also real fragile.
The tabs are thin, bendy and can be shot through with dissimilar metal corrosion. I straightened them and had to try a couple times to get them all to engage.
I got everything back in place, then had to fish the back quarter gasket over the top of it with a 110 degree dental pick.
Finished it off by rolling down the window all the way, and then using a large flathead screwdriver to force the now all distorted to hell window swiper back flat, so it would quit interfering with window operation. I was not fully successful, but it goes up and down, "maybe" better than it did before. Still not happy with the end result, provided how much work and frustration this job was.
Personally, I think this is revenge for our winning WWII.
