5kt window lift problem

[Richard J. Andrews]

At 10:11 PM 5/26/01, you wrote:
bet ya it's the wiring in the door jamb..
check the driver's side first...

HTH!
rich
'86 4kq
>I have an 85 5kt auto that is giving me electrical fits.
>I have repaired the driver door jam wires twice, after which everything
>worked normally. The one exception, the second repair left the window switch
>lights on continuously, and would drain the battery after 4 days of
>inactivity. I was _meticulous_ to splice 1 wire at a time, so as to avoid any
>crossing. Since the car was driven everyday, I was going to look into this
>later. All the windows worked fine.
>The other day my daughter lowered the passenger front window, and it will now
>_not_ go up. Upon investigation, the passenger rear will not work either. The
>driver side windows both work.
>I have checked power to all switches, and there is power to _all_ switches. I
>swapped in 3 other switches and still no go. The window regulator in the
>passenger front looks pristine. All cable pulleys, and the plastic cut off
>switches are as new. I would lean toward a bad motor, but why would 2 motors
>go at exactly the same time?
>Very perplexing!
>TIA. All help greatly appreciated, as I need to get it out of the garage, and
>it precipitates almost everyday in Colorado in the spring.
>
>Dennis