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Old May 25, 2004 | 02:31 PM
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Tailgate window electrical question

I just had a new tailgate window glass put in the '79 Bronco today (after I broke the old one over the weekend). The price wasn't toooo painful..

Anyway, I can't close the window completely. The window will roll up and then stop. It sounds like the motor stops when the window reach a certain point.

I just put a new motor (hence the broken window).

The window will roll down fine.

Is there a switch somewhere in the tailgate that cuts off the motor "automatically"?

Thanks!

Ben
 
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Old May 25, 2004 | 10:32 PM
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Well, to answer my question, I did a search on this forum and found a link to the schematics. So no switch to stop the glass.

However, I did somehow fix the problem by spraying half a can of silicon lubricant into the glass runs and WD40 into the rest of the mechanism.

I also bypassed the safety switch, which, on my Bronco, was at behind the latch handle (at the center of the tailgate).

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