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Old Aug 18, 2009 | 11:17 AM
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One of my dad's buddies changed out the passenger side window motor on my ride. Well now that its all assembeled the up and down switch is somewhat reverse. What I mean is the up position brings the window down and the down position brings the window up. Any ideas on what might be causing this? I am not real savvy when it comes to this. Thanks in advance.
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Old Aug 18, 2009 | 11:56 AM
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Probably a bad re-built motor. You can search - others have had the same issue.
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Old Aug 18, 2009 | 12:21 PM
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Probably the leads on the motor got swapped on install.
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Old Aug 18, 2009 | 01:04 PM
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Probably a bad re-built motor. You can search - others have had the same issue.
^^ you might be right. Hey checked it out again and the connections are where they're supposed to be. Everything works it's just that minor detail that bugs me. Might just swap it out again. thanks.
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Yea, the plug should only go in one way.

If you really want to keep the motor... You can take the connector off the motor, open up the connector and use a paper clip to extract the two leads. Then re-insert the leads in the connector body reversed.

But - That will still leave you with a motor of questionable quality. You WILL also be changing the motor again in the future - which will cause you additional grief because the leads would be reversed.

Your best bet is probably to take the motor back and get a new one. I'd suggest getting the new Doorman design. Its a new and improved design and will be a new unit vs. a rebuilt one. (There are a lot of posts here with people having thermal cutoff failures with the rebuilt motors.)
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Old Aug 18, 2009 | 04:37 PM
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^^ Thanks man. I'll prob roll with it for a little while since it looked difficult to take out and replace. I'll will just swap it out though and make sure to test it next time before its all put back together.
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Old Aug 18, 2009 | 08:17 PM
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^^ Thanks man. I'll prob roll with it for a little while since it looked difficult to take out and replace. I'll will just swap it out though and make sure to test it next time before its all put back together.
after the rivets are drilled it is easy to swap. i bought a 2 brand new dormans for $50 shipped on amazon.
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Old Aug 18, 2009 | 08:18 PM
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That was a good deal.

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after the rivets are drilled it is easy to swap. i bought a 2 brand new dormans for $50 shipped on amazon.
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Old Aug 18, 2009 | 09:23 PM
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^^ Thanks man. I'll prob roll with it for a little while since it looked difficult to take out and replace. I'll will just swap it out though and make sure to test it next time before its all put back together.
Oh... there's more - and this is the evil part. Even though you may "test" a motor before installing it in the door, a bad motor may still look "good". If you have a weak/bad thermal cutoff switch, the motor will run fine when its not under load but will prematurely shut off once its trying to move the weight of the window.

Installing a new unit instead of a reman motor will save you from having this potential problem.
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Old Aug 19, 2009 | 01:39 PM
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after the rivets are drilled it is easy to swap. i bought a 2 brand new dormans for $50 shipped on amazon.
That is a hell of a deal. And yes I'll just go ahead and buy a new one to save me anymore frustrations. Thanks for all the input.
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Old Aug 21, 2009 | 07:54 PM
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yes i had the same thing happen on my driver side, so i have auto-up its awesome lol, and its really not that hard to change u just need patients. my pass side goes up really slow but i guess thats wat happens wen u buy reman
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