On Mar 5, 8:05=A0am, Guy King <guy.k...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> The message <Wmjzj.17853$XI.5...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> from "malc" <malunspamwh...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > Any pointers?
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> <Xantia related, but IIRC they have the same window mechanism>
>
> Mine was like that when I bought it. it was the grooved drum on the
> motor which had died, the raised lands which are supposed to guide the
> wire rope to wind in a spiral had got crushed and the cable was all
> snarled up. Just replacing the cable wouldn't work as the drum was
> damaged beyond reasonable repair - so I got another whole winder
> mechanism from the breakers. =A315.
>
> When fitting it you need the glass half way up or lower, which makes
> getting the windows out of the donor car tricky as the batteries are out
> and the windows are usually up. I was lucky and persuaded the bod to
> lend me a battery so I could get the window part way down.
> To get the glass out on the Xantia there was a square plastic washer on
> the far side of the glass which had to be rotated them prised off the
> peg that engages in the hole in the glass.
>
> I doubt it's come off the rails, the design in that area seems quite
good.=
TBH if it's that complicated I might just get a whole door and swap
the locks over.
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Malc
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