[urq] urq/coupe window mechanisms

[Jim Haseltine]

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/jim_haseltine/quattro/tech/door_plate.html

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "fdekat" <fdekat at sentex.net>
To: <urq at audifans.com>
Sent: Saturday, August 14, 2004 11:33 PM
Subject: [urq] urq/coupe window mechanisms


>
> 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>
> > Message-ID: <20040812185017.96651.qmail at web50009.mail.yahoo.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
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