[urq] urq/coupe window mechanisms

[fdekat]

Hello All:

I've just been messing around with a similar problem. A 4K window mechanisim
is NOT the same, even though it looks so.
THe track has a bit of a different 'curve' to it, to match the coupe window
'curve, and the lower foot is mounted at a slightly different angle, and the
holes in the part that move up and down don't line up the same. Yes, you can
fit in a 4k mechanism sort of. I did, and had exactly the same problems that
daniel had.

Also be aware that Audi changed the position of the motor relative to the
track somewhere in life, so even if you have a 'coupe' track assembly, you
have the motor hanging in space inside the door. I have seen a template
somewhere  that you put over the original holes, to show where to drill holes
to make a 'new' assembly mount up. (Does anyone have a link to this
template?)

Conversely, I spent two evenings trying to get a 'coupe' mechanism work in my
4K (the motor had died). After wondering why it was so wrong and not working
at all (the window would jam every time, if it didn't first fall off the
track!), I matched the coupe mechanism up to the 4K mechanism. 
Sure enough, just a little bit different!! But just enough to make it a BIG
problem. I ended up rewinding the cable back on the drum, and swapping th
motor over, at the same time greasing up the innards. With the proper
mechanism, I was back in business in 15 minutes, compared to two days messing
around with the wrong one.

I hope that will help you out with YOUR pain a bit!

Regards,

-Frankk de Kat-

> Message: 4
> Date: Thu, 12 Aug 2004 11:50:17 -0700 (PDT)
> From: daniel darlington <lanky_d at yahoo.com>
> Subject: Re: [urq] muffler and window lift for an urQuattro.
> To: Louis-Alain_Richard at computerhorizons.com, mailing list
> 	<urq at audifans.com>
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> as for your window, i used a regulator from an'86 4k. 
> i had to drill a few new holes and move some bits
> around only to have the window only move half the
> distance, and you have to pull on it to get it to go
> back up.  for the drivers' side, i got a new regulator
> (different look, but it fit) and that has lasted only
> 2 years.  i'm looking to just replace the power units
> with manual ones from a 4k 5+5 or something.  so if
> anyone has these to get rid of, let me know.
> --- Louis-Alain_Richard at computerhorizons.com wrote:
> 
> > Hi there,
> > 
> > Not much traffic on the list these days...
> > 
> > Same car, another "hiccup".
> > 
> > Monday morning, leaving for work, when opening both
> > windows, heard a 
> > "crack" sound from the passenger side window. Hum,
> > will it go up ? Yes, no 
> > problem but window is stuck shut. Good news since it
> > is raining each other 
> > day...
> > 
> > Called a coupla scapyards: no luck. Dealer: yes,
> > there is one left in the 
> > country, 485$. Whew!, I think I will try to repair
> > it instead... Hey, it's 
> > been a while since I had to open the toolbox...
> > 
> > Do you think I can repair it with the parts
> > scavenged from a 4kq parts 
> > car?
> > 
> > If not, then I think I will follow the "lightweight"
> > route: an old leather 
> > belt attached to the bottom of the window, and a
> > hook crudely bolted to 
> > the armrest...
> > 
> > Louis-Alain