91 Avant driver's window disappears into door all by itself

[Ed Kellock]

Got it apart and identified the broken part.  The part of the regulator that
pins through the window has broken where it holds the lug on the cable in
place.  

I'm about to do some parts swapping from my 92 V8 engine donor car.  

Sure is a pisser that the window reg is all good except this little tiny bit
of pot metal.  Crap weasels.

Any info out there on a fix for this particular mode of failure?

Ed

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> Audi 200 Window repair 
> http://www.quattro123.com/Audi200WindowRepair.htm
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> Pictures:
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> http://www.quattro123.com/Audi200WindowRepair/072EndofWindowAf
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> http://www.quattro123.com/Audi200WindowRepair/073WindowRegPinA
> lignment.JPG
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kneale Brownson <knealeski at sbcglobal.net>
> To: Ed Kellock <ed.kellock at msn.com>; 'q - V8' 
> <v8 at audifans.com>; 'q - 200q20v' <200q20v at audifans.com>
> Sent: Sat, 28 Jun 2008 8:22 am
> Subject: Re: 91 Avant driver's window disappears into door 
> all by itself
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> There's a C-clip that goes onto a stud to hold the fixture 
> that grabs the bottom 
> of the window glass onto the carrier that moves with the 
> window winder cable to 
> raise and lower the glass.  If I had to fix this, I'd take 
> the door apart and 
> remove the window frame/winder/glass panel.  Then it's not a 
> nasty fix at all.  
> There are those who have replaced the winder mechanism or 
> replaced the cable, 
> etc., with that window frame panel on the door, but they 
> report a lot of 
> frustration, etc., with replacing the circlip it sounds like 
> you're missing.  
> The clip goes on the outside of the glass.  So if you leave 
> the panel on the 
> door, you have to reach up past the glass and some of the 
> door sheetmetal to get 
> the clip on a post you can't see.  All easy to get at and 
> visualize if you 
> remove the window frame panel from the door.  
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>   I happen to have a frame off a door and can take pix if you 
> need them.
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> Ed Kellock <ed.kellock at msn.com> wrote:
>   After GF returned home this afternoon with Pentosin gushing 
> from the headlight of the 90 V8, we decided to take the 91 
> Avant to dinner. When I opened the door, the previously 
> closed window disappeared into the door all by itself. It is 
> no longer connected mechanicaly to anything inside. I've read 
> about this, but never had the pleasure in person. Nasty repair?
> 
> Ed
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