'86 5KCSTQ windows inoperable, update

[Ti Kan]

MHLIGGINS at aol.com writes:
>     The windows have been operating slowly for the past few weeks. Today they 
> went down but have refused to go back up. Based on the Bentley the wires are 
> all in place as they should be. Any chance the window switch-lock could be 
> part of the problem? Normally it only has an effect on the back, but I've 
> seen stranger things happen.

The rear lockout switch should affect only the rear windows.

Marginal contacts within the window switches themselves are likely
the culprit.  Check the archives on how to remove and disassemble
the switches to clean them, this has come up regularly...

-Ti
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