Wednesday, January 16, 2013

Window Motor And Interior Assembly

Passenger Window Motor

After waiting for a new passenger side window motor for ten months, I finally gave up and cancelled the order. As the only thing wrong with the old motor was a broken connector, I decided to try and fix it again. After about an hour of fiddling, I managed to solder a new connector to the old one. It felt strong enough and the motor worked when I tested it from a battery, so I decided to use it.

I had to loosen the window regulator bolts a bit to get the the motor in place and then attached the three bolts that held the motor in the door. After tightening every bolt again and attaching the wires, it was time to test the motor. I connected the ground cable back to the battery, turned the ignition on and the motor worked fine! Finally I tuned the window position according the instructions in the Chilton manual and the job was done.

Interior Assembly

After the window motor was installed, I could put the interior back in place. Bolting the seats was annoying as usual but other parts went in without problems. I think that this is the first time the passenger side door panel has been attached to the car for as long as I have had it! The interior does look much better now that it is pretty much complete.


Everything was back in the car again so I turned it around to be able to work with the driver side. The engine started fine and ran normally so I let it warm up a bit. Now the only problem was that what should I do next!?