talking about weird problems....

[Mitchell S. Haskins]

Well...I thought it WAS lubrication at first...Used some lithium grease on 
the channels as best as I could (I hope THAT wasn't a mistake).  So now, 
it's time to take a peak at the door.  Just in case...where is that circuit 
breaker, also?



-----Original Message-----
From:	Livolsi, Stephane [SMTP:Stephane.Livolsi at investorsgroup.com]
Sent:	Wednesday, October 04, 2000 1:57 PM
To:	'Audi Quattro List'
Subject:	RE: talking about weird problems....

Agreed, but one should still look into why the thermal circuit breaker
is tripping in the first place.  Perhaps a lack of lubrication is making
it too tight (gee, did I type that out loud :) for the window to slide
up and down freely.  IFIRC I had a similar problem and my solution was
that somehow the bundle of wires in the door got tangled up in the
window mechanism.  Not only did it put a bigger load on the motor but
the wires got frayed and shorted out.  After hitting a few potholes, the
wires moved from their short circuited position and all was OK again...
for a little while.
Stephane Livolsi
Williams Lake, BC, Canada
86 5KTQ (If you don't know what it means, you aren't in the club)

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>From: 	Andrew Duane USG[SMTP:duane at hunch.zk3.dec.com]
>Sent: 	October 4, 2000 9:38 AM
>To: 	mhaskins1 at home.com
>Cc: 	quattro at audifans.com
>Subject: 	Re: talking about weird problems....
>
>Hairy green toads from Mars made Mitchell S. Haskins say:
>
>> My right front power window has an intermittent problem.  Sometimes, 
when I
>> put it down, it won't go back up.  Doesn't matter which switch is used. 
 If
>> I let the car sit for a while with the engine off, it will work
>> normally...Could it be grounding out somewhere?
>
>Sounds like the thermal circuit breaker is opening up. Let it
>sit, it resets....
>
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