[V8] window regulator clip

[Kent McLean]

Kent McLean wrote:
> Ed Kellock wrote:
>> If you merely want the window up and do not want/need to have a functioning
>> regulator at this time, you can unclip the window from the regulator by
>> removing a c-clip from the back side of the blocky slider thingy in the
>> picture.  

> Sorry for the hazy picture; the flash didn't get behind the window, and
> GIMP can only do so much to brighten the image.
> <http://www.audifans.com/kb/File:V8_window_C-clip.jpg>

I'm ready to give up. I got a smaller mirror. With some finagling, I can
see what I think is the circlip, but only from one side. It could just be
a washer. I can get fingers in there, or an angled circlip pliers, but not
both. I can't see or feel what I might hook the circlip pliers onto to
get that circlip off.

Plan B: From the Family Album, MG 8 SG 39 Ill 129-50 makes it seems that
the motor (1A, part number 441 959 801 A) can be separated from the
regulator ("window lifter") itself.

Can the motor be removed from the "window lifter"? Can it be done in place?
If I could get the motor out, I might be able to fix it or replace it.

The window is still down, with a plastic trash bag taped in place to keep
out the rain and the snow. It survived the 65 MPH gusts we had the other
day.

-- 
Kent McLean
1990 V8 w/5-speed and other mods
1991 200 TQA #3, with mods
1999 A4 Avant, V6 Tiptronic
gone: '91 200 TQA x2, '94 100 S Avant, '89 200 TQ "Bad Puppy"