Hello - new guy here. Looks like plenty of info here, but I can't find what I'm looking for.
On my '86 Cougar with power windows, when I roll the driver's side window down, it drops forward a bit. Then, when I roll it back up, if I don't grab the window and pull it toward the back of the car, it stays dropped forward and gets pen 15ed in the channel.
I popped off the door panel, and this is what I found:
(http://i222.photobucket.com/albums/dd69/da66chevelless/Miscellaneous/de88cc3f-578c-43d3-8ae8-a84d5f9d79c2_zps0813aadf.jpg) (http://s222.photobucket.com/user/da66chevelless/media/Miscellaneous/de88cc3f-578c-43d3-8ae8-a84d5f9d79c2_zps0813aadf.jpg.html)
Um, wow. It looks like the window is wobbling around on that vertical shaft or whatever it is called. Some enterprising "mechanic" did a real Mickey Mouse "repair" on the plastic guides? by wrapping a bunch of zipties around them. :shakehead
Is there a better, not to mention cheap, fix for this?
Thanks a lot for any help!
Dave
MOAR ZIPTIEZZZZ!
Just kidding. I don't have an answer, I just wanted to say that.
Looks like somebody needs a power window regulator (http://"http://www.ebay.com/itm/83-84-85-86-FORD-THUNDERBIRD-LEFT-FRT-POWER-WINDOW-REGULATOR-DRIVER-SIDE-/140919969499?pt=Motors_Car_Truck_Parts_Accessories&fits=Year%3A1986%7CModel%3AThunderbird&hash=item20cf7c16db&vxp=mtr").
You mean you gotta buy the whole regulator; you can't get the little plastic guide/bushings/whatever they are called? I don't think so, but thanks for the link.
No other choice here. YOU NEED A NEW REGULATOR
It's not like it's expensive, or even difficult. What the problem is?
There's no problem. I don't have the money, time, or inclination to put a new regulator in it right now.
So, I continued the theme of bailing wire and chewing gum. I got some nylon cable clips at ACE and stuck 'em on there. Lubed everything up and it works great. For now. :evilgrin:
(http://i222.photobucket.com/albums/dd69/da66chevelless/Miscellaneous/Cougarwindowregulatorfixedcroppedampresized4-24-2013_zpse8f4714a.jpg) (http://s222.photobucket.com/user/da66chevelless/media/Miscellaneous/Cougarwindowregulatorfixedcroppedampresized4-24-2013_zpse8f4714a.jpg.html)
Thanks for the advice, everyone.
Wow!
Now THAT'S ghetto.
That's Redneck actually.
In the ghetto they just push their power windows up and down by hand after they fail.
When I said "MOAR ZIPTIEZZZ!" I was kidding ;) Oh well, whatever works!
Wow...just wow. Here's your sign!
That's how Washington is handling things too.
Hey, you gotta do what you gotta do sometimes. Is there a how-to on replacing the regulator here, for future reference?