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Subject:Re: Power Window Issue when Cold
From:azsun99
Date:Wed, 28 Nov 2007 23:44:16 -0700

Could be the switch. I have had one apart and they are full of springs and grease.
With the age of most of our vans, that grease gets old and stiff ( like some of the
drivers :)) and in cold weather it is worse. They don't work very well in the morning
coming out of the garage, but after sitting in the sun, the grease warms up and they
work fine. You can feel it in the switch and if the window keeps moving a little way
after you release the switch, it's the stiff grease inside making it slow to react.
Jerry

----- Original Message -----
From: "Jeff Lincoln" <magikvw@GMAIL.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Wednesday, November 28, 2007 3:19 PM
Subject: Power Window Issue when Cold

> Ok so this will be my first winter driving Grover full time and I have
> discovered a power window issue this morning. When we went to go to work
> today the windows wouldn't work. They weren't frozen shut as sometimes
> happens they just wouldn't work. Once the temp warmed a little they worked
> fine. Is this common? Can I fix it somehow or do I just have to live with
> it?
>
> --
> Thanks,
>
> Jeff
> '90 Carat (Grover)
> '86 (We call this one Parts)
> '85 GL (Preparing to move to a new Home)
> '78 Bus (Melissa) Patty's Bus
>
>
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