Window motor repair
07-12-2009, 11:13 PM
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Window motor repair So my passenger side window has been acting up lately and today it completely stopped working. So I'm guessing it's the window motor that went bad but I was wondering if I should try to replace it myself or take it in somewhere. Is it really that hard to do yourself? Thanks
07-12-2009, 11:45 PM
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Thats makes me another victim to the passenger window motor going out aswell. Dont they have a kit where its routes the wiring to the battery so you dont have to use a motor anymore? Or I may be wrong? 
07-12-2009, 11:49 PM
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I am horrible at fixing things, but I did it myself. There was a great write up with pictures on here somewhere. Found it
http://shbox.com/page/windowmotor.html
http://shbox.com/page/windowmotor.html
07-13-2009, 02:20 AM
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^ yup; that's the same guide I used to replace my passenger side motor. I bought a replacement one on ebay that gave me the screws along with it.
This is the one I bought
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...2750&viewitem=
The process is relatively simple. Just make sure you take some time to plot where you're going to drill. I took me about 10 - 15 minutes to mark up exactly where to drill with a sharpie. I might have taken a while but my saying is - a job worth doing is a job done right. After drilling a hole through the door skin, drilling out the rivets and popping the motor out is a piece of cake. I used loctite on the screws to make sure the screws don't come off after a couple hundred times of opening and closing the door.
The worst part was having the fiberglass all over my hands so a pair of gloves would be handy.
I also installed the Autotrix kit a while ago for the passenger side a while back. The new motor actually goes up faster than my driver's side motor now.
This is the one I bought
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...2750&viewitem=
The process is relatively simple. Just make sure you take some time to plot where you're going to drill. I took me about 10 - 15 minutes to mark up exactly where to drill with a sharpie. I might have taken a while but my saying is - a job worth doing is a job done right. After drilling a hole through the door skin, drilling out the rivets and popping the motor out is a piece of cake. I used loctite on the screws to make sure the screws don't come off after a couple hundred times of opening and closing the door.
The worst part was having the fiberglass all over my hands so a pair of gloves would be handy.
I also installed the Autotrix kit a while ago for the passenger side a while back. The new motor actually goes up faster than my driver's side motor now.
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I don't really have the time or tools so if anyone wants some extra cash send me a pm with your price 
07-13-2009, 05:00 PM
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the kit you are taking about wires power directly from battery to passenger motor. for some reason the passenger motor is wired to the driverside, then to the battery.
