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Disco 1 & 2 power windows?
Posted: Sun Oct 16, 2011 12:58 pm
by bad_religion_au
What normally goes wrong with these? is it just the motor/reg?
I'm looking at a couple of disco's at the moment and they all at least one window that won't go up or down. Now if it's just the reg/motor, it's not too bad, because i've found some regs/motors on ebay for $150, but if there is a deeper problem, should i just pass over these cars i've found?
Re: Disco 1 & 2 power windows?
Posted: Sun Oct 16, 2011 4:58 pm
by 6.5 rangie
sometimes the little rollers on the reg break, theres a bunning fix for these, very simple and cheap. I'm sure its posted on here somewhere
Re: Disco 1 & 2 power windows?
Posted: Mon Oct 17, 2011 10:39 pm
by stuee
6.5 rangie wrote:sometimes the little rollers on the reg break, theres a bunning fix for these, very simple and cheap. I'm sure its posted on here somewhere
The bunnings fix is to find an appropriately sized sliding door roller to place where the broken plastic runners will be. I searched for a runner that would be a close fit but no luck.
Another fix is just to cut up a nylon cutting board to the right shape and grease the rails up a bit - this is what I've done for mine, dead easy to do and dirt cheap.
Best fix I've seen was a dude machined up aluminium rollers to replace the plastic ones. There are a few threads on AULRO with pics etc on the repairs.
Re: Disco 1 & 2 power windows?
Posted: Tue Oct 18, 2011 6:27 am
by 6.5 rangie
Yeah i've done the bunnings fix on wifey's disco, works a treat, cost around $4 a roller. Will see if i have a spare roller in the shed to get the part number from.