Country drive & passenger window fix

I can’t complain really. I’ve had very little maintenance wise to do on TheHoff besides free the brakes every spring...

Before the passenger window decided to go into rest mode - all the way down - I did actually manage to get in some backroad mileage on a lovely autumnal day. I didn’t want to spoil the experience so I returned TheHoff to his quarters and enjoyed a good craft beer. The window could wait for another day.

That day was today. I slipped TheHoff out of the garage - that burble is just intoxicating, ever time I fire up the 944 I smile ear to ear - and set to work removing the passenger door panel. It’s an easy task, just a series of screws and a few poppers and it’s off.

With the door card off the innards are reasonably exposed. My plan was to lubricate the mechanism and sliders as I wasn’t certain yet the motor was blown. When I pressed the switch it sounded like a faint groaning was coming from the motor so I figured this was a case of being stuck. With all the joints lubricated I gave the mechanism a helping hand while pressing the switch and the window rose.

After I couple of ups and downs I stopped to lube the scissors again and the motor wouldn’t budge one again. Out with the small hammer - a few taps on the electric motor and the window moves hastily up and down once more.

Happy days!

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