Fwd: Re: Power windows - no work

[Frank Stadmeyer <stadmef@connix.com>]

> Thanks all for your help.
>
>  Turns out to be the dreaded broken wires in the door boot.  Of
> course that was the last thing I checked since there were no
> intermittent  faults leading up to the complete failure.  There
> are several other wires not looking too good in there either. Hope they
> last a while 'till I can get in there and do a wholesale repair.
>
> Again thanks.
>
> Frank Stadmeyer
>
>
> At 10:26 PM 10/06/1999 -0500, you wrote:
> >I have the exact same car.
> >
> >Had virtually the same symptoms--no windows, no roof.  Think the
> dome
> >light was OK.
> >
> >Replaced several under dash relays.  Did not solve the
> problem.
> >
> >On my car the culprit was in the wiring bundle the comes out of
> the
> >driver's door and into the frame of the car.
> >
> >There is a rubber boot that protects all those wires from the
> weather.  I
> >pulled it free from the door and wiggled it until the windows and
> roof
> >worked.  Been OK for several months.  Every once in awhile
> things stop
> >working.  I just jiggle some more and all is fine.
> >
> >Not very elegant and not very permanent.  But a lot cheaper and
> easier
> >than tracing it all down.
> >
> >Bill murin
> >89 100q
> >180,007 miles
> >
> >
> >On Wed, 6 Oct 1999, Frank Stadmeyer wrote:
> >
> >> Patient is an '89 100Q.  
> >> Symptoms: Power windows don't work from any switch.  Also
> the sunroof and
> >> the dome light in the sunroof  switch housing don't
> work.  
> >> Any suggestions before I start tearing things apart?
> >> 
> >