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Urgent!! Window won't go up
« on: June 26, 2016, 08:31:24 pm »
Girlfriend smashed her golf into a pillar.

Her window won't go up now. I've been wiggling at it to force it but can't.

Any thoughts?
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Re: Urgent!! Window won't go up
« Reply #1 on: June 26, 2016, 08:33:16 pm »
Check your fuses
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Re: Urgent!! Window won't go up
« Reply #2 on: June 26, 2016, 08:36:02 pm »
if the motor is making a click noise you'll need to open the 15 or so torx bolts that hold the outer skin on and try it that way.
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Re: Urgent!! Window won't go up
« Reply #3 on: June 26, 2016, 08:40:58 pm »
Sorry should have said that the window goes up about 30mm and gets stuck so I can get a grip on it with my hands.

I've stripped the door skin on two of my doors and really don't fancy doing it at 9pm on a Sunday!!

Reckon I could just get another person with me to pull the window up past the sticking point?
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Re: Urgent!! Window won't go up
« Reply #4 on: June 26, 2016, 08:46:20 pm »
Worth a try bud.
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Re: Urgent!! Window won't go up
« Reply #5 on: June 27, 2016, 10:47:38 am »
The runner is probably bent just watch the glass doesn't break when pulling up! It wouldn't be a nice cut lol

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Re: Urgent!! Window won't go up
« Reply #6 on: June 27, 2016, 10:59:35 am »
Went at this last night for quite a while to no avail.

If she doesn't get it fixed in work today I'll probably be out there until 1am tonight removing a mountain of torx screws!
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Re: Urgent!! Window won't go up
« Reply #7 on: June 27, 2016, 08:04:46 pm »
Get yourself a £15 electric screw driver from b&q lol I've got one and it cones in handy with these torx screws  :grin:
My forth one and soon to be fifth as I've been using it for the wrong bits lol
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Re: Urgent!! Window won't go up
« Reply #8 on: June 28, 2016, 08:36:40 am »
Quote from: r5gtt on June 27, 2016, 08:04:46 pm
Get yourself a £15 electric screw driver from b&q lol I've got one and it cones in handy with these torx screws  :grin:
My forth one and soon to be fifth as I've been using it for the wrong bits lol

I have no shortage of tools and equipment! The milwaukee will eat through them providing I have the speed setting right down so I don't ruin the threads. It's just that the job is around 3 hours start to finish and it's raining here!

I'm actually off next week so I'll tackle it then.

To be honest, I hope her car is stolen now for the insurance money  :signLOL:

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Re: Urgent!! Window won't go up
« Reply #9 on: June 28, 2016, 07:24:11 pm »
Quote from: lukemk5gti on June 28, 2016, 08:36:40 am
Quote from: r5gtt on June 27, 2016, 08:04:46 pm
Get yourself a £15 electric screw driver from b&q lol I've got one and it cones in handy with these torx screws  :grin:
My forth one and soon to be fifth as I've been using it for the wrong bits lol

I have no shortage of tools and equipment! The milwaukee will eat through them providing I have the speed setting right down so I don't ruin the threads. It's just that the job is around 3 hours start to finish and it's raining here!

I'm actually off next week so I'll tackle it then.

To be honest, I hope her car is stolen now for the insurance money  :signLOL:
:signLOL: the last sentence sounds good  :grin:

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Re: Urgent!! Window won't go up
« Reply #10 on: June 29, 2016, 08:27:23 am »
She called me last night and wouldn't tell me the figure she was quoted to get it repaired. I assume she was quoted over €1000 to do the work  :congrats:

It's raining non stop here the last few days so I honestly don't know how she's getting by with an open window.

She didn't like it when I told her that her hair had that windswept look  :slap:

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Re: Urgent!! Window won't go up
« Reply #11 on: June 30, 2016, 09:10:09 am »
Got it all sorted last night in 2 hours. Turns out she had buckled the metal crossbeam which was pushing off the window and stopping it from going up.

Here it is when she pulled up to the house


Popped the door skin off in 10 mins


This part of the window mechanism was catching on the crossbeam above it. So I removed the crossbeam and beat them back to straighten them out.


I then went at the panel with a rubber mallet to take out the worst of it. She had cut into the paintwork so deep that it's back to bare metal so this was only just a quick fix but actually it's not bad looking


Here's the final product. I wouldn't put it on my own car but she seems happy that the window works.
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Re: Urgent!! Window won't go up
« Reply #12 on: June 30, 2016, 10:16:12 am »
Well done mate  :happy2: that's quite decent considering what it was.
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Re: Urgent!! Window won't go up
« Reply #13 on: June 30, 2016, 10:25:51 am »
Quote from: r5gtt on June 30, 2016, 10:16:12 am
Well done mate  :happy2: that's quite decent considering what it was.

Thanks! I'm happy enough with it for now... As soon as I polished up one panel I wanted to do her whole car but she just wouldn't appreciate it  :signLOL:
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Re: Urgent!! Window won't go up
« Reply #14 on: June 30, 2016, 10:28:53 am »
Quote from: lukemk5gti on June 30, 2016, 10:25:51 am
Quote from: r5gtt on June 30, 2016, 10:16:12 am
Well done mate  :happy2: that's quite decent considering what it was.

Thanks! I'm happy enough with it for now... As soon as I polished up one panel I wanted to do her whole car but she just wouldn't appreciate it  :signLOL:
lol women never do mate  :slap:  :signLOL:
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