window switch in rear door

[Konstantin Bogach]

Henry A Harper III wrote:

> The trick is that there is indeed a screw holding the interior door latch in,
> perhaps it is missing on your front door (my front doors have both broken the
> tiny plastic tab where the screw attaches the latchbox, and they will come
> loose unintentionally if there is any forward vector to the pulling motion).
> Pull the latch handle to its limit and you can see a round cutout at the base
> where you may insert a Phillips screwdriver to remove this screw,

I should've mentioned it: I removed this screw.


> push latch
> box forward to remove,

Forward?  I thought to the rear. I think the latch box has more meat on the pivot
side.

> and then you can see the other screw behind the latch
> box which attaches the inner door panel to the door structure. But to get the
> window switch loose you only need to take off the armrest with three 4mm
> allen-head bolts loosened (not removed) from the bottom...

200 model does not have a switch in the rear door handle. It is in the latch box.

>
>
> My car also has wires and connectors for the lighted ashtrays (such luxury!)
> that make rear doors a little trickier than front doors.
>
> HTH
> Henry Harper
> http://www.henry-harper.com (back up soon after new hard drive and rebuild :( -
> I hope)
> 1991 200 quattro, 120k, new t-belt/wasserpump/seals/idler/v-belts/heater valve
> as of last night, used the stand-on-4-ft-cheater-bar method of loosening and
> tightening crank pulley bolt w/quickie 2084 tool, still have metal-geared
> distributor to put in
> 1988 GTI 16v, 238k, when does this need another t-belt again?

Thanks you.
Konstantin.

>
>
> On Monday, December 01, 2003 12:17 PM, Konstantin Bogach
> [SMTP:konstantin.bogach at morganstanley.com] wrote:
> >Hi.  I could not remove the switch with door lock release handle using
> >same method as for the door handle in the front door:  push to the rear
> >and pry it out of door panel.
> >I wonder, is it any trick there?  And I believe, there is a screw
> >underrelease handle trim which prevents removing the door panel and work
> >from inside.
> >
> >Thanks.
> >Konstantin.