Atlas 12v 0 Posted November 29, 2004 Report Share Posted November 29, 2004 As the title says my OSF window is loving staying open at the moment. Which as you can imagine has some serious security issues!The Car is my 3 door 1994 MK3 VR6.If you have a fully working motor and control unit please let me know asap. The cash is waiting! mail me dalton_steven@hotmail.com Link to post Share on other sites
Eat this 2 Posted November 29, 2004 Report Share Posted November 29, 2004 take the nuts off the motor mechanism where it attaches to the window itself and prop the window up with wood i drove round for 3 weeks like that lol Link to post Share on other sites
acf8181 0 Posted November 29, 2004 Report Share Posted November 29, 2004 well, firstly how do you know it deffo is the motor? i'd connect a bit of wire off the battery and see if you can get the window to move first. Link to post Share on other sites
Atlas 12v 0 Posted November 29, 2004 Author Report Share Posted November 29, 2004 well' date=' firstly how do you know it deffo is the motor? i'd connect a bit of wire off the battery and see if you can get the window to move first.[/quote']Because this will be the third time I've take the damn thing apart to attept to repair it. I've bodged it twice but I think it's finally had it... I managed to bodge it again tonight but it's making some very un-happy noises...I can't beleive I'm going to have to give in and fork out £100+ for a new one as there aren't any 2nd's anywhere... Just wish I still worked for VW as it would have saved me about 40%!!! x) Link to post Share on other sites
Eat this 2 Posted November 29, 2004 Report Share Posted November 29, 2004 wwhooooaa dont pay £100+ i got 1 from car transplants in cheshire for £30 including mechanism Link to post Share on other sites
VR6Pete 1,455 Posted November 29, 2004 Report Share Posted November 29, 2004 Atlas 12v: try kilokiller from stoke VW spares, his details are in the parts/company section. Link to post Share on other sites
jaysVR6 2 Posted November 30, 2004 Report Share Posted November 30, 2004 Mate, I have just cured my window problem. It didn't work when I got the car and I changed the mech to a brand new one back in the summer but not the motor. It worked all over the summer but I noticed the motor was getting hot.A few weeks ago it stopped working all together. So I bought a second hand motor and replaced that.Thing was I took the motor casing off to try and fit the motor quick - needless to say a bodge too far and I had a job getting the spindle for the motor back in the case as the magnets are very strong. Did that got it all back together (after having the whole lot out numerous times, screwed everything up and I'd got the fooking polarity round the wrong way (put the casing on the wrong way round!) Christ did I sware!!!Anyway after nearly un-ravelling the bloody cable and the motor problem, It all works fine now!!!I'd suggest you change the whole lot mate, only problem is finding a second hand motor is like rocking horse shit! I asked Find a part and I only got two phone calls from all over the whole of the UK!!! Link to post Share on other sites
Atlas 12v 0 Posted December 2, 2004 Author Report Share Posted December 2, 2004 I did that the 1st time I bodged it an it goes up and down the wrong way. I spent absoloutly ages trying to work out why.What exactly caused the polarities to change? Link to post Share on other sites
Geastb 0 Posted December 2, 2004 Report Share Posted December 2, 2004 Check on ebay - there are window motors on there almost all the time - got mine from there only cost me £40 for complete unit. Link to post Share on other sites
jaysVR6 2 Posted December 3, 2004 Report Share Posted December 3, 2004 Steve, on the housing of the motor are two magnets + and -, now i'm no geek but when you reverse the polarity of any electric motor, say put the negative on the positive and positive on the negative the motor runs backwards. Therefore if you simply leave the current as it should be but swap around the magnets it'll run backwards! God it pissed me off too. I HATE ELECTRIC WINDOW MECHANISMS!!!! Link to post Share on other sites
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