Re: [alfa] Slow power window on GTV6

[George Graves <gmgraves@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Welcome to the club. They all do that. The passenger side window 
doesn't get used as often as the driver's side and thus gets gummed-up. 
You can try lubricating the tracks with silicone grease and you can 
clean the switch connector, and the motor connector and lubricate the 
motor. I had SOME luck, for a while, by disconnecting the endless cable 
which operates the windows and running the cable without the window 
attached to it until the run of cable that goes between the upper and 
lower pulley was fresh, then re-tightening the window glass onto the 
fresh cable. But now, that's getting sluggish too. Anyone else have any 
suggestions other than replacing the mechanism? BTW, some Seventies and 
Eighties Ferraris use exactly the same mechanism with the same results 
(or so I've read).

George Graves
'86 GTV-6 3.0 'S'

On Monday, September 15, 2003, at 10:33 PM, alfa-digest wrote:


> Date: Mon, 15 Sep 2003 14:45:16 -0700
> From: Kit Redwine <kredwine@domain.elided>
> Subject: [alfa] Slow power window on GTV6
>
> Howdy all,
>
> The passenger window on my '86 GTV6 is very slow when "rolling" up.  
> Going
> down is fine but it just crawls coming back up.  The driver's side 
> appears
> to be fine.
>
> Any clues?  Should I be cleaning any contacts?  Looking at the switch? 
>  If
> the switch, do I just pop it off?  Could the rubber seals be causing 
> the
> slow movement?
>
>
> thx,
>
> Kit
> Seattle
> '86 GTV6
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