Electric window
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Electric window
My drivers side just quit working, passenger side work's fine, It worked great no issue's rolled it down 3/4 of the way and it died. Any help would be apperciated. Thank's.
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Did you try beating on the door while holding the switch?
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I cant find my tester right now, but I noticed with the door open, when I work the passenger side the dome light dims very slightly and when I try the driver's there's nothing. wire's on switch are hooked up, I will mess with it between monsoon storm's today, It seem's the motor would give some kind of warning before just going out. Thank You everyone for your input. I will post as soon as I find out more.
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according to the dome light test he described, its not just stuck. either the motor isn't getting power or its failed in such a way that it isn't drawing power. unplug the motor and place a test light across the 2 pins of its plug (vehicle side, not motor side), and verify that it lights up when you hit the switch. if it lights up, your motor is bad. if it doesn't, you have a problem with the switch or wiring.
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according to the dome light test he described, its not just stuck. either the motor isn't getting power or its failed in such a way that it isn't drawing power. unplug the motor and place a test light across the 2 pins of its plug (vehicle side, not motor side), and verify that it lights up when you hit the switch. if it lights up, your motor is bad. if it doesn't, you have a problem with the switch or wiring.
Mine occasionally get stuck down (usually passenger side) and when they do, the you can see the voltage gauge drop when the button is pressed (same as dome light test). A well placed tug with a coat hanger usually clears that.
The other issue could the be safety plugs in the motor broke up. So the motor works, but can't drive the window. I'm not sure if the voltage drop would be noticed as it would be basically free spinning. Someone did a real nice write up with pictures on how to replace the plastic plugs with regular nuts (1/4"?). I've done that to both doors and it helps a lot.
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Try tapping on the motor. I"ve had my motor stop working for no(?) reason and after tapping it , it starting working again. A few weeks ago my drivers side window got to the down position and nothing worked, tapping, pulling the window, nothing. I wasn't in a place to work on it like when I"m at home so I cleaned the connections/pins in the plug with alcohol and haven't had any problem since.
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I checked it out yesterday with a tester and it is the motor,I have 2 new ones on the way. should be tue or wed. I would like to say thank's for all the help. You guy's make this place great!
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Just a caution to check if the drive pins in the motor are broken. Very common on the Ford P/W motors for the three drive pins to break. They transfer the torque from the motor to the drive gear. Three small nylon pins that disintegrate. Motor spins but the window will not go up or down; although you can move it by hand.
Easy fix is to use six 1/4 inch nuts in place of the three pins. Requires taking the motor out of the truck and taking the drive gear off (three screws i think if my memory is right. Once you remove it becomes obvious. The drive gear has a triangle shaped backside and the motor side has three spots where the pins fit in. Just clean out all the broken nylon pin pieces, replace with two 1/4 nuts in each position, put some new grease in, and reinstall the screws and then put motor back in the truck.
Easy fix is to use six 1/4 inch nuts in place of the three pins. Requires taking the motor out of the truck and taking the drive gear off (three screws i think if my memory is right. Once you remove it becomes obvious. The drive gear has a triangle shaped backside and the motor side has three spots where the pins fit in. Just clean out all the broken nylon pin pieces, replace with two 1/4 nuts in each position, put some new grease in, and reinstall the screws and then put motor back in the truck.
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Just put the driver's side in last night piece of cake took about an hour.as usual I was over thinking the whole thing,so I talked to one of the local"mechanic's" and he said he could do it if I left my truck overnight with him, so I told him that my truck and my Bobcat sleep where I sleep.some time's I wonder why I even talk to the JERK'S.lol
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