In a message dated 1/31/03 4:31:06 PM, developtrust@COX.NET writes:

<< I'm happy to say that when I cut open the boot >>

I'm a manual kind of guy.  I guess some might call me a hand-job.  I'm not
impressed by power windows and such.  But, nowadays, when one finds a
rustfree Syncro he takes it as it comes.  My distrust of power accessories
was recently validated when my power mirrors stopped working.  I ferreted out
a broken conductor which turned into three then into seven before the mirrors
were fixed.  Curiously, all the conductors were broken at the same place
within the boot as cleanly as if they had been cut apart.

Not wanting to cut the boot, I fished new conductors through the boot and the
wiring harness in the door.  It is not the easiest wire pulling task but it
is perfectly doable and it spares that vital rubber boot.  Once a pull cord
is fished through, a cord is pulled along with the conductor so that there is
always cord ready to pull the next conductor.  When done, I left a pull cord
in place just waiting, not hoping, for another wire to break.

George