disco rear windows not working

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Paul

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• Jun 22, 2006

• #1

disco 300tdi every now and again the rear windows don't work, then after a
while they do. its obviously a dodgy joint somewhere, most likely the
control unit for the windows, next question is where is the unit? i have a
feeling its behind the glove box but had a look and couldn't see it.

Paul.

 

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Austin Shackles

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• Jun 23, 2006

• #2

On or around Thu, 22 Jun 2006 20:56:26 +0100, "Paul" <[email protected]>
enlightened us thusly:

>disco 300tdi every now and again the rear windows don't work, then after a
>while they do. its obviously a dodgy joint somewhere, most likely the
>control unit for the windows, next question is where is the unit? i have a
>feeling its behind the glove box but had a look and couldn't see it.

yep, that's the one. hangon, I've got a link to "how to fix" somewhere...

http://www.discoweb.org/window/index.htm

I've not had to do it again, once I got around to doing it.
--
Austin Shackles. www.ddol-las.net my opinions are just that
"Plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose"
Alphonse Karr (1808 - 1890) Les Guêpes, Jan 1849

 

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Paul

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• Jun 23, 2006

• #3

"Austin Shackles" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> On or around Thu, 22 Jun 2006 20:56:26 +0100, "Paul" <[email protected]>
> enlightened us thusly:
>
>>disco 300tdi every now and again the rear windows don't work, then after
>>a
>>while they do. its obviously a dodgy joint somewhere, most likely the
>>control unit for the windows, next question is where is the unit? i have a
>>feeling its behind the glove box but had a look and couldn't see it.
>
> yep, that's the one. hangon, I've got a link to "how to fix" somewhere...
>
> http://www.discoweb.org/window/index.htm
>
> I've not had to do it again, once I got around to doing it.
> --
> Austin Shackles. www.ddol-las.net my opinions are just that
> "Plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose"
> Alphonse Karr (1808 - 1890) Les Guêpes, Jan 1849

Cheers Austin
confused me at first as the picture is of a left hand drive car. all fixed
and working again

Paul.

 

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Austin Shackles

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• Jun 24, 2006

• #4

On or around Fri, 23 Jun 2006 19:07:47 +0100, "Paul" <[email protected]>
enlightened us thusly:

>
>"Austin Shackles" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>news:[email protected]...
>> On or around Thu, 22 Jun 2006 20:56:26 +0100, "Paul" <[email protected]>
>> enlightened us thusly:
>>
>>>disco 300tdi every now and again the rear windows don't work, then after
>>>a
>>>while they do. its obviously a dodgy joint somewhere, most likely the
>>>control unit for the windows, next question is where is the unit? i have a
>>>feeling its behind the glove box but had a look and couldn't see it.
>>
>> yep, that's the one. hangon, I've got a link to "how to fix" somewhere...
>>
>> http://www.discoweb.org/window/index.htm
>>
>> I've not had to do it again, once I got around to doing it.
>> --
>> Austin Shackles. www.ddol-las.net my opinions are just that
>> "Plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose"
>> Alphonse Karr (1808 - 1890) Les Guêpes, Jan 1849
>
>Cheers Austin
>confused me at first as the picture is of a left hand drive car. all fixed
>and working again

look at the pictures in a mirror...
--
Austin Shackles. www.ddol-las.net my opinions are just that
"Brevis esse laboro, Obscurus fio" (it is when I struggle to be
brief that I become obscure) Horace (65 - 8 BC) Ars Poetica, 25

 

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Mother

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• Jun 26, 2006

• #5

On Fri, 23 Jun 2006 19:07:47 +0100, "Paul" <[email protected]> wrote:

>Cheers Austin
>confused me at first as the picture is of a left hand drive car. all fixed
>and working again

Was it the dry solder joint then?
(Like, did you find it easy, resolder everything that looked dodgy or
own else?)


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Coming quite soon:
http://www.ulrc.net

 

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Austin Shackles

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• Jun 27, 2006

• #6

On or around Mon, 26 Jun 2006 19:44:10 +0100, Mother <"@ {mother}
@"@101fc.net> enlightened us thusly:

>On Fri, 23 Jun 2006 19:07:47 +0100, "Paul" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>Cheers Austin
>>confused me at first as the picture is of a left hand drive car. all fixed
>>and working again
>
>Was it the dry solder joint then?
>(Like, did you find it easy, resolder everything that looked dodgy or
>own else?)

twas on mine, exactly as described on the web page.
--
Austin Shackles. www.ddol-las.net my opinions are just that
"For when the One Great Scorer comes to write against your name,
He marks - not that you won or lost - but how you played the game"
Grantland Rice (1880-1954). my opinions are just that

 

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Paul

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• Jun 27, 2006

• #7

"Austin Shackles" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> On or around Mon, 26 Jun 2006 19:44:10 +0100, Mother <"@ {mother}
> @"@101fc.net> enlightened us thusly:
>
>>On Fri, 23 Jun 2006 19:07:47 +0100, "Paul" <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>>Cheers Austin
>>>confused me at first as the picture is of a left hand drive car. all
>>>fixed
>>>and working again
>>
>>Was it the dry solder joint then?
>>(Like, did you find it easy, resolder everything that looked dodgy or
>>own else?)
>
> twas on mine, exactly as described on the web page.
> --
> Austin Shackles. www.ddol-las.net my opinions are just that
> "For when the One Great Scorer comes to write against your name,
> He marks - not that you won or lost - but how you played the game"
> Grantland Rice (1880-1954). my opinions are just that

Yep dry solder on mine too, on one of the relays. went over the others too
just to make sure. I had to do the same to the spider awhile back as that
was playing up aswell.

Paul.

 

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Lee_D

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• Jun 27, 2006

• #8

Paul <[email protected]> uttered summat worrerz funny about:
> Yep dry solder on mine too, on one of the relays. went over the
> others too just to make sure. I had to do the same to the spider
> awhile back as that was playing up aswell.
>
> Paul.

What symptoms did the spider display? Incase it's related to my South of
France breakdown last year..

Lee

 

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Paul

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• Jun 27, 2006

• #9

"Lee_D" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Paul <[email protected]> uttered summat worrerz funny about:
>> Yep dry solder on mine too, on one of the relays. went over the
>> others too just to make sure. I had to do the same to the spider
>> awhile back as that was playing up aswell.
>>
>> Paul.
>
> What symptoms did the spider display? Incase it's related to my South of
> France breakdown last year..
>
> Lee
>
every now and then it would not turn over when starting, i checked all the
obvious but found nothing wrong, since resoldering the spider it has not
done it at all. i have heard from other people that it can cause the engine
to stop when driving which could be interesting!