Front electric window - going down too far

Guess me Disco doesn't like wales! Yesterday, opened the front window and it went down, made a whirry, clicky,I've just bust, haha it's about to start raining, breaking kinda noise and, sure enough, wouldn't come back up....and it started raining. Had a look today, took it all out and the curved ratchety bit fell off.
Drilled and bolted that back on...put it all back...took it out...took ratchety bit off and put it back correct way round....all working now except if I open it all the way or let it auto open, it goes down too far again. What should stop it going too far? I'm bound to forget and let it go too far again! Thought about just laying a bit of wood in the bottom of the door as a temporary...well, probably permanent soloution or is there a way to fix it does anyone know?
Gawd bless yers
Rich

I think it should have a spot weld on it to stop it going down too far

mine keeps doing that. I have got a new window regulator to go on but haven't got round to fitting it yet. so for now i have put a short lenght of 2 by 2 in there to stop it going all the way down

Hi,
I have just had to do the same repair on my front window and now have the same problem of it going to far down on the autodrop . What i did as a temp/permanent repair was to put a small nut and bolt through the hole in the curved piece of metal . Now as the window lowers it goes down without fear of it getting stuck in the door.

Dave

easiest way is to peel out the bottom of the door card enough for you to get your mitts in,and shuv a wedge into the door cavity,
size is important here (too big ) and it wont fully go down and too small is ineffective (aint it always) , me being a lazy cnut i used the handbrake chock i know shame on me,though ive since replaced the mech now,
and have the skinless mitts to prove this, I`d rather chop the nuts off a tiger with a blunt spoon the replace a window mech ever again.

hmmm, the nut 'n bolt sounds good but I'd have to take the regulator out for a third time so I think I'll check out the woodshed first........
cheers for suggestions!
Rich

Feckin' thing! Changed mechanism weeks ago and it's been fine til yesterday.....first rain in Costa Blanca for months they reckon! Window went down and wouldn't come up without grinding and banging and giving up half way. Checked it out and the problem this time seems to be the thing that grips the bottom of the glass - like a long thin trough with a rubber lining. It's rotting and one end has rusted and split the metal, bent outwards and musta caught itself on the mechanism somewhere :doh:. Can you get this bit seperately does anyone know? It bolts to the regulator. Not seen it anywhere.
cheers
Rich

mine did same not long ago, i cut the rotten bit off fettled the rest and put it back together after cleaning and lubing the whole thing..its been ok since

yep i,ve had the same prob with the troughy bit got new one a t bearmach its an iterferance says the guy behind the counter wrong word used there it,s a BASTARD OF A JOB fit is what he should have said involving the use of progressivley thicker spanners ****ted down the length of the trough to spread it open a bit at time lots o cussing and swearing and a gentle bash or two with a rubber mallet to get the glass to seat scary but it worked for mee

I've got same issue, not bothered fixing it yet but I found a quick roadside repair is to let the window mechanism wind down a bit, pull the rubber stripping from both sides of door top, pull the glass to the top of window frame with a pair of pliers if you can't quite reach it, then wind the window mech back up so it holds it up closed....it's worth doing if it's ****ing with rain and you're out on the road. Put rubber back on and away you go!
Makes awful rattling noises and the like but as least it stays dry inside.