P38A Window Reset

Lukas018 · Jun 22, 2020

Hi All,

Got a niggling issue, the LHS front window will not set, all other windows set ok.

Any tips on how to resolve?

Tried numerous times up and down, halfway etc.

Always been the same issue whenever the battery was disconnected, the only window that plays up.

RangeRoller dt · Jun 22, 2020

You can take the door card off and have a look at the teeth on the gear.
For some reason my passenger window will only set if you do it with door open, try that

marjon · Jun 22, 2020

A little bit of silicone spray on the runners and ensure you keep your finger on the button for a good couple of seconds before going to close and do the same.

stopping at any point and you have to start again.

J

wammers · Jun 22, 2020

Lukas018 said:
Hi All,

Got a niggling issue, the LHS front window will not set, all other windows set ok.

Any tips on how to resolve?

Tried numerous times up and down, halfway etc.

Always been the same issue whenever the battery was disconnected, the only window that plays up.

Window setting is dependent on the motor stalling at each end of travel. That gives the system the full travel info it needs. If there is any clicking at either end of the travel it means the motor is not stalling. Therefore the window cannot be set.

Lukas018 · Jun 22, 2020

Ok cheers, the window motor is fine no clicking or jolting, will try with door open and check runners etc all clear. Probably filled with crap as been sitting around for ages

.

RangeRoller dt · Jun 22, 2020

Door strip is smashed orf on mine so holes in door was letting water and grit in for few years.

Lukas018 · Jun 22, 2020

RangeRoller dt said:
Door strip is smashed orf on mine so holes in door was letting water and grit in for few years.

Ahh not good, mine are just warped from the sun.

Another question, I need to repair door cills underneath the car, they are rotten, this a common issue aswell?

RangeRoller dt · Jun 22, 2020

They may still leak water in was my point. Look for light coming through or run Marks on paint if you ever have door card off

Datatek · Jun 22, 2020

Lukas018 said:
Ahh not good, mine are just warped from the sun.

Another question, I need to repair door cills underneath the car, they are rotten, this a common issue aswell?

No rotted cills even on my 94 scrapper, bottom tailgate seem well corroded though

Grrrrrr · Jun 22, 2020

Lukas018 said:
Ahh not good, mine are just warped from the sun.

Another question, I need to repair door cills underneath the car, they are rotten, this a common issue aswell?

No but if parked under conifers the needles can drop in, block stuff up and hold moisture and it is all downhill from there.

Lukas018 · Jun 22, 2020

Datatek said:
No rotted cills even on my 94 scrapper, bottom tailgate seem well corroded though

Yea not sure why mine are so bad as rest of under body seems solid, having spent its first 10 years in Scotland looking at service history might have aided it somewhat looked very remote where garages were located

RangeRoller dt · Jun 22, 2020

i can attest to conifers. Few years under them I still find bits.

I had rust on sills on last MOT as advisory. Is Early 95 so 25 now - no rot though. Later DSEs seem to struggle more than mine with plastic along the trims, perhaps yours used to have rubber side steps??

Lukas018 · Jun 24, 2020

RangeRoller dt said:
i can attest to conifers. Few years under them I still find bits.

I had rust on sills on last MOT as advisory. Is Early 95 so 25 now - no rot though. Later DSEs seem to struggle more than mine with plastic along the trims, perhaps yours used to have rubber side steps??

I just tried the open door trick and it set in the end

that annoying buzzer these car have drives mad.

Think it might have had side steps and the brackets on the body as can see where they been removed, or more so, hacked off!

RangeRoller dt · Jun 24, 2020

Have to have the door ajar in certain position.
Now we just have to find out why

That door is the side I rolled over on so guessed it was always a little out of shape. Wiring maybe?

Grrrrrr · Jun 24, 2020

Lukas018 said:
I just tried the open door trick and it set in the end that annoying buzzer these car have drives mad.

Think it might have had side steps and the brackets on the body as can see where they been removed, or more so, hacked off!

The teeth tend to wear on the window regulator as they're made of chocolate. Eventually it will just grind at the top and stop.

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