
The door panel is
lifted up and off of the door. The door panel is placed in a
safe place out of harms way. The white liner in the upper
right photo serves a few purposes. It is primarily a moisture
barrier, but it also helps cut down on wind and road noise as
well as keep drafts out of the car. This liner must be carefully
peeled off and put aside.
The next step is
to properly diagnose the window problem. The first step in any
diagnosis is a thorough visual check. Look for broken plastic
guides and mounting parts, broken or frayed cables, etc. This
style of mechanism is fairly frail and is very prone to breaking
cables, guides, etc.
If the unit check
out visually, the window switch need to be plugged in and the
ignition turned on to check the voltage at the motor. To
properly check late model vehicles (most cars and trucks from
1980 up), the plus probe from the meter must be connected to one
of the motor wires and the negative probe to the other wire. If
you are using a digital meter, polarity is not important. With
the switch depressed in both the up and down positions, we are
getting a reading of 12.11 volts at the back of the motor. If
the voltage reading in either position was 0 or below 11 volts,
that would indicate that there is a problem elsewhere in the
switches or wiring. Having 12 volts at the motor confirms that
our switches and the wiring is working properly and the motor or
regulator is defective.