[urq] . Re: 83 urq smogged! Now What?

[Patrick Carlier]

Try some WD40 to clean the contacts on the switches . .
Works miracles sometimes .

Pat

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Steve" <schmidt694 at gmail.com>
To: "Mike Sylvester" <mike at urq20v.com>
Cc: <urq at audifans.com>
Sent: Tuesday, August 20, 2013 3:36 PM
Subject: Re: [urq] . Re: 83 urq smogged! Now What?


> Thanks Mike
> I wonder if   new switches are NLA?
> Ill check later
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Aug 20, 2013, at 7:14 AM, "Mike Sylvester" <mike at urq20v.com> wrote:
>
>> My windows were getting slow and no amount of lube seemed to help.
>> It turned out to be the switches.  The internal contacts were getting
>> pitted.
>> I took the switches apart, sanded the contacts and my windows are a
>> normal speed again.
>>
>> BTW I have the '85+ style switches in my car not the early type.
>>
>> Mike
>> '83 urq 20v
>>
>>> -------- Original Message --------
>>> Subject: [urq] . Re: 83 urq smogged! Now What?
>>> From: Steve Schmidt <schmidt694 at gmail.com>
>>> Date: Mon, August 19, 2013 7:43 pm
>>> To: urq at audifans.com
>>>
>>>
>>> Regarding this please;
>>>
>>> "Also the grease in the window winder mechanisms can get hard and the
>>> motors can burn out. "
>>>
>>> Who has a tutorial for this fix?
>>> It dawned on me that the motors strain due to lack of lubrication.
>>> A simple spray on the felt window  runners  & the rail improved them but 
>>> I
>>> know they can be better.
>>> I think I can get a rag into the back of the rail to clean it but when 
>>> it
>>> slides up & down it must swipe the grease too?
>>> What about the winding mechanism?
>>> How hard is it to remove the whole thing to lube it?
>>> I'd really like these to work like new .
>>> Thanks,
>>> Steve
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