landroverjack
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Picked up my first landy today and despite a couple of faults im really happy... One of them is that the mechanism that winds up the window is in a pretty bad way. When you wind the window up, the mechanism loses traction with the glass and it slides down a bit. This sometimes happens 3 or more times when closing it completely. The doors also require quite a slam to shut and occasionally the window drops halfway down when you do it...
So to try and get to the root of the problem, I took the door card off (which had all sorts of odd screws in it holding it in place) and the bolts which hold the metal housing protecting the mechanism but part of this was actually welded to the door skin (about 2cm long section). This meant i couldnt see in to the mechanism properly to see what was wrong. By this time it was starting to get dark so i put the door back together. ill see if i can get into it tomorrow to see whats wrong.
It was obvious someone had done a sort of botch repair of the window at some time in the past as the window wasnt original and as i said the door had been welded up in the place of a bolt. My current theory is that the cog that turns as you move the winder is missing a couple of teeth but I am new to landies and would like to know if youve seen this problem before and whether you think its better to try and get it fixed or just buy a new door... This is an 18yr old landy so there is still a fair bit of rust behind the door card.
Will take a few photos tomorrow so you can see the vehicle and also the problem.
Thanks,
Jack
So to try and get to the root of the problem, I took the door card off (which had all sorts of odd screws in it holding it in place) and the bolts which hold the metal housing protecting the mechanism but part of this was actually welded to the door skin (about 2cm long section). This meant i couldnt see in to the mechanism properly to see what was wrong. By this time it was starting to get dark so i put the door back together. ill see if i can get into it tomorrow to see whats wrong.
It was obvious someone had done a sort of botch repair of the window at some time in the past as the window wasnt original and as i said the door had been welded up in the place of a bolt. My current theory is that the cog that turns as you move the winder is missing a couple of teeth but I am new to landies and would like to know if youve seen this problem before and whether you think its better to try and get it fixed or just buy a new door... This is an 18yr old landy so there is still a fair bit of rust behind the door card.
Will take a few photos tomorrow so you can see the vehicle and also the problem.
Thanks,
Jack