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Subject:Re: Power window not working...
From:Paul Guzyk
Date:Wed, 13 Jun 2007 12:57:50 -0700

Before you take the window motor out and apart etc, check the wiring
for continuity.  Since your motor "clicks" it may not be wiring, but
it is easy to check the wiring nonetheless.

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Remove the two fuse box screws and lower the fuse box.

Find the connector(s) for the drivers side window switches and unhook
then under the dash (They will be behind/around the fusebox and will
be coming from the door grommet).

Unhook from the switches and check each wire with a continuity
tester.  And while you're down there make sure all the brown ground
wires are still connected to the quarter sized ground tabs.  If you
have a broken wire, try manually bypassing it with a spare piece of
wire.

Often times the wires get broken in the door jam rubber tube....this
is usually why power mirrors or locks stop working.

-Paul

>I have an '88 Westy with a driver's power window that is not
>working. It seemed to be sticking when first trying to open it when
>closed - now it does not work at all.
>
>When I hit the window switch either direction I can hear it click
>but the motor does not turn.
>I swapped switches with the passenger side, same result.
>
>I checked and can feel the cable on the track, it seems okay, not
>extra taunt. I see no plastic pieces in the door.
>
>The tracks were replaced a couple of years ago because the originals
>lost the plastic tabs and the cables got all messed up.
>
>
>Does anyone have a suggestion on what to check next?
>
>I'm guessing that I have to take out the window motor and test that
>- if it works the problem is with the track?
>
>
>Todd
>'88 Westy