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Subject:Re: Power Window, disfunctional
From:David Beierl
Date:Mon, 2 Nov 2015 22:39:05 -0500

At 09:44 PM 11/2/2015, Neil2 wrote:
>Hey folks,
>
>Can anyone tell me:
>
>Is there a person/business that repairs power window assemblies ('90) on
>the west coast?
>Are most problems associated solely with a lack of lubrication or poor
>design or both?

There's a fellow named Ray Miller on the Vanagon Owners Facebook page
who's just produced a bunch of fancy Vanagon shifters (I helped him
slightly with some measurements on one I had lying around here).  His
version of making sure his stuff is right includes driving a few
hundred miles to do test installations.  He's got parts in now for
his five-speed version, and he's talking seriously about intending to
make a power window setup using two of whatever regulator-thing it
was VW cheaped out and only used one of.  Definitely a man to
watch.  He's third-generation in the business I think and his son is
coming up in it.  Lives in Louisiana.

Yours,
David

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>Neil2
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