Intermittent windows

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Intermittent windows

Post by manners » Sun Oct 21, 2007 1:10 pm

Yesterday morning from the drivers side, the windows opened no problem but when i came to close them i had to inch them up a bit at a time as they kept stopping. Later on the passenger side works OK but the drivers still struggles, but not as bad as it was, could it be a temperature issue as it was cold when they wouldn't work but not frozen?
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Post by MountainGoat » Sun Oct 21, 2007 1:23 pm

Check out the Search Facility Again using "Drivers and Window". There are quite a few posts about problems with the drivers window.

A few of them are.

http://www.igmaynard.co.uk/bongo/forum/ ... ers+window

http://www.igmaynard.co.uk/bongo/forum/ ... ers+window

http://www.igmaynard.co.uk/bongo/forum/ ... ers+window
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Post by bigdaddycain » Sun Oct 21, 2007 11:39 pm

It sounds like the mechanism in the door needs lubricating.

Try a spray on grease, or WD40 for a quick fix...
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Post by David Edwards » Mon Oct 22, 2007 8:17 am

I know it sounds daft but dont forget to clean the glass, mine did a similar thing, being slow and as I have lots of large sycamore trees on my drive the sticky stuff secreted by the aphids in the trees had a marked effect on the window performance and the rubber wipe strips, have to clean em off regularly in the summer. Happy motoring.
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Post by manners » Mon Oct 22, 2007 5:10 pm

Thanks for the replies, took the switch out and separated the circuit board from the switches all terminals nice and clean but now have a spare spring and ball bearing that shot out from somewhere :? so put the switch back windows still struggling so i cleaned the rubbers and put a bit of fairy on them and :D work like a dream.
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Post by daveblueozzie » Mon Oct 22, 2007 6:59 pm

silicon spray is what i used to make my windows nice and smooth to operate , just spray in to the runners, dead easy.
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