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Subject:Re: window does not roll up
From:Alistair Bell
Date:Wed, 13 Feb 2013 20:07:45 -0800

nope, Mine are manual.

Sometimes I wish I had power windows. It would be swanky.

alistair

On 2013-02-13, at 8:03 PM, b1levi wrote:

> Besides, alistairs is power window, and yours is hand crank. 
> 
> 
> From my Android phone on T-Mobile. The first nationwide 4G network.
> 
> -------- Original message --------
> From: Alistair Bell <albell@SHAW.CA> 
> Date: 02/13/2013  7:40 PM  (GMT-08:00) 
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM 
> Subject: Re: window does not roll up 
> 
> Hey, thats my door in the link :)
> 
> Don't be afraid, get in there and see what's what. It may very well be easily fixable (if not restored back to stock). 
> 
> Let me know if you need any help.
> 
> alistair
> 
> 
> On 2013-02-13, at 7:34 PM, Tom Carchrae wrote:
> 
>> Dear List,
>> 
>> I went to roll up my window today, and it went up an inch, made some kind
>> of pop/clunk, and then the handle span around.  It seemed to catch slightly
>> at a certain point in the rotation and go up a tiny bit, but only once or
>> twice.  I then tried the other direction, and it rolled down a bit.
>> 
>> I tried grabbing the window and pulling it up, but it would not budge.  I
>> even got my daughter to spin the handle while I was pulling.  No dice.
>> 
>> I'm going to investigate behind the door panel when it is light tomorrow.
>> Any chance this is an easy fix where something "popped off" and just needs
>> connecting again?  I found this
>> http://shufti.wordpress.com/2011/01/27/vanagon-window-regulator-repair/ and
>> it made me a little afraid
>> 
>> Tom