Re: removing window motor--4kq

[Dwight Varnes <mxbreed@lancnews.infi.net>]

David Nevin wrote:
> 
> Okay, so I'm too dense to be doing this. The Bentley just says "remove
> the motor". I found it wasn't quite that easy. I removed the three bolts
> to the window motor on the driver's front of my 87 4Kq, and it'd swing
> back and forth on that weird cable system. So where do I go from here?

THE FOLLOWING SUGGESTION MAY BE INCORRECT:
As I own a Coupe, I only know the way they are made, but I'm suspecting
they are the same on the 4kQ. The cable and motor are made as a unit
with the vertical doohicky that runs the glass up and down. You replace
it all together. Two bolts hold the glass to the vertical runner. The
vertical runner is held by two bolts at the bottom and..uh..I think two
at the top. Window must be positioned appropriately or removed
altogether to access the bolts. I leave the glass in the car myself.
Hope I'm right(?)
-- 
"Life is too short to drive boring cars."

Dwight Varnes, insurance appraiser and car nut
1970 124 Spider (restored, mostly)
1986 Audi Coupe GT (goes through regulators like they're exhaust
systems)
1989 VW Jetta GLI 16v (the wife's ride, needs restored)
1984 Nissan 4x4 Pickup (rust never sleeps)
1965 Buick Skylark conv. (more fun than you'd think)