Replacing disco 2 rear power window motor

Hi All,
just wanted to know if there is a tutorial on how to get the rear window motor out; i have already removed the door card board but not sure how to proceed beyond that

You might find one on YouTube, but it's a fairly straightforward if fiddly job. Here's how to do it as shown in RAVE:-

thanks Brian, i had already removed the rear trim etc but the angle at which to get to the regulator and free the window seemed so awkwardly positioned that i just had to ask if this was the normal way to get it out. I will try again

You'll have to get the window up or down to the point where you can get a socket through the hole and onto the bolt holding the regulator to the window, item 3 in the picture.

unequalwolf8 said:

thanks Brian, i had already removed the rear trim etc but the angle at which to get to the regulator and free the window seemed so awkwardly positioned that i just had to ask if this was the normal way to get it out. I will try again

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As rave is LRs workshop manual for qualified motor mechanics that's why the instructions are so brief on the correct way of doing things and no short cuts are mentioned, the motor is only held on by is three Torx screws and depending on your abilities it can be removed..
Don't forget to line the regulator teeth with the motors in the exact position as found otherwise you will have issues.

discool said:

As rave is LRs workshop manual for qualified motor mechanics that's why the instructions are so brief on the correct way of doing things and no short cuts are mentioned, the motor is only held on by is three Torx screws and depending on your abilities it can be removed..
Don't forget to line the regulator teeth with the motors in the exact position as found otherwise you will have issues.

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But I'm not a qualified motor mechanic, I'm a communications and electronics technician. Does this mean I mustn't use RAVE or I'm not qualified to use it?

Do you actually use RAVE or is it you just like posting snippets,
Never used RAVE myself but then I don't need too, just follow my instincts as I did before Forums plus of course my years with two Land Rovers and other hobby vehicles.
Anyway it was an explanation to the OP on why the info is so brief and answered the question raised on "normal way" to remove the motor.

discool said:

Do you actually use RAVE or is it you just like posting snippets,
Never used RAVE myself but then I don't need too, just follow my instincts as I did before Forums plus of course my years with two Land Rovers and other hobby vehicles.
Anyway it was an explanation to the OP on why the info is so brief and answered the question raised on "normal way" to remove the motor.

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Yes, I do use RAVE, for difficulties exactly like those of the OP, finding that odd bolt which might be holding things up, correct torque settings, and a miriad of other things. I also use the circuit diagrams quite a lot, not to mention the occasional foray into the owner's handbook.
Most of the time I've never needed a workshop manual, I've always been able to do the job without, ever since my own first vehicle and before that, helping my father, but having a picture and a description very often does save time and effort.
So you'll forgive me for thinking that other members might find the pictures in there of just a modicum of use. It's often better than "Remove the three torx screws depending on your abilities to remove them".

well i am also am amateur; no mechanic training so 'how to do' guides really work for me. this way i can at least avoid going to the dealer for every small issue and as such spare some money which i can use for parts etc

Most people don't have any formal mechanical training, unless employed in that field, but they manage ok, and some reach a good mechanical understanding of the work involved, like removing a track control arm to rebush it, then to find that the arm can't be refitted because components in the steering have move, so as a keen DIY mechanic l know what's required and how to pull the steering back into place. Same thing can happen when removing a radius arm on some Land Rovers and the axel moves.

So my previous tip of the day on insuring the window regulator alines with the motor... if not it's possible that the window won't fully close, I found that out on a freezing cold January morning when replacing a regulator, but then I have a small bit of mechanical understanding, I just had to remove the regulator again so it took an additional 10 minutes in the cold to fix.

You won't find any of the above issues, there are a many others, and how to resolve them in workshop manuals, even I you're lucky to have one as for 'how to do guides' I've seen in a Forum somewhere info on removing a window regulator, so all I can say on that is Google.

on my right front door the window motor is unable to lift the window by itself; when I detach the window from the motor it is able to go up and down. I assume this would mean that the motor has become somewhat 'weak'. As an option I wanted to exchange this motor with the motor in the right rear door. I think that this exchange might work since the rear windows are smaller and less heavier