Window regulator cable issues

[JHertzman@xxxxxxx]

In AD7-490 Obadiah Fayth wrote "I was doing some tinkering on my new GTV6
today and discovered that the driver's side window cable has snapped  IAP only
sells the cable along with the power window motor at a price I don't want to
pay. I know there must be some cheap way to fix it"

The current IAP catalog does only list motor + regulator sold as a unit for
$149.50. I know I have seen digest discussions on re-cabling, but my first hit
in old digests turned up two notes:
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From: SHEFIXIT@domain.elided
Date: Fri, 17 May 1996 13:41:32 -0400
Subject: v6 window cable

The window regulator on the V6 has always been available seperately. The part
number is 00607.32462.0000 for the drivers side, and carries a tag of $67.04.
If you're unable to locate one give me a shout. I'm sure they're still
available because I just replaced one on a customers car last week.

SHEFIXIT@domain.elided
Alfa Import Center, Inc.
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And a second one which I believe was from Joel Hailey, then at IAP but now at
Centerline Products:
From: iap1@domain.elided (International Auto Parts)
Date: Fri, 17 May 96 15:11:51 EDT
Subject: re: power window

the individual components of the window regulator assembly are available.
following are the OE alfa numbers, along with the ardona suggested list
prices: motor alone-60728790, $72.92; regulator alone-60732462, $67.04; motor
and regulator assembly-60701886, $169.61. obviously you may get better pricing
by shopping at one of the mail order sources for alfa parts. curious too is
the fact that if the two individual parts are purchased seperately and you
assemble them yourself, you save $30.00. i've long ago given up trying to
apply logic to the way alfa prices their parts.
as far as restringing the old regulator, i've done it on my fiat dino coupe.
i was able to match very closely the original cable diameter at a local
hardware store (a real hardware store-smells of fertilizer and seed, sawdust
on the floor, stuff stacked to the 12 foot pressed tin ceiling and a couple
of guys in their 60's who know where every last nut and bolt is and hand
write your ticket with a pencil). you have be certain to match the length of
the original cable carefully, and wind it around the drum in the correct
direction without letting the cable overlap itself. then find a way to keep
it tight on the drum while you reinstall the unit, string the cable through
the pulleys and tension it. if i could have bought one for the dino for fifty
or seventy-five bucks (or at all!) i would have done so in a heartbeat.

cheers
alfadoc
iap tech
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Might be worth buzzing Doctor Hailey - or the local Farmer's Feed & Grain Co-
op. Or one of the European sources, or (Ta-Tah!) Bill Harkell.

Cordially, 

John H.
Raleigh, N.C.

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