Newbie with a dead window

drew74 · Post by **drew74** » Wed Jan 27, 2010 4:01 pm

Hi all...

Bit of a new guy here, inherited my 91 Eunos Roadster a few months back from the sister-in-law who now lives overseas.

The car has been in storage rather neglected up until recently and I'm working through all the little bits and pieces one at a time... current task is the passenger window which doesn't work.

I was going to start at the fuses, switches and work my way through the possible causes, can anyone give me an idea of the most likely cause?? Any tips and tricks for the new guy

Thanks in advance.

Drew

last_resort14 · Post by **last_resort14** » Wed Jan 27, 2010 4:53 pm

My first guess would be the switches, mine play up often. sometimes have to press them like 20 times before they work, if you can swap the plugs on the switches over and see if the problem goes to the other side

SLYDIT · Post by **SLYDIT** » Wed Jan 27, 2010 8:46 pm

yeah the most likely cause is the switches. they get carbon on the contacts.
Go down to dick smith or Jaycar and get a "fiberglass pen" to clean the contacts of the switch. DO NOT USE SAND PAPER!!!!!!

Using sand paper removes the protective nickel coating from the contacts and you will be forever having to clean the switches. using a fiberglass pen will remove the carbon without taking all the coating off the contacts.

oh and take the switch apart over a nice clean sheet so if you drop anything you can find the little bits again.

Post by **zorruno** » Wed Jan 27, 2010 11:24 pm

SLYDIT wrote:Go down to dick smith or Jaycar and get a "fiberglass pen" to clean the contacts of the switch. DO NOT USE SAND PAPER!!!!!!

electrical contact cleaner spray works nicely - depending on switch type you may be able to spray a bunch into it and move the mechanism a bunch to get it clean, although taking it apart is your best option.

a couple of other useful discussions that may help you:
http://www.mx5forum.co.nz/viewtopic.php?t=3139
http://www.mx5forum.co.nz/viewtopic.php?p=27035
http://www.mx5forum.co.nz/viewtopic.php?t=6398
http://www.mx5forum.co.nz/viewtopic.php?p=29223
http://www.mx5forum.co.nz/viewtopic.php?t=7493

cheers

drew74 · Post by **drew74** » Thu Jan 28, 2010 8:36 am

Thanks guys, will give that a go this weekend!

blackbetty · Post by **blackbetty** » Wed Mar 17, 2010 9:08 pm

just a peice of info...the window reg wire is known to snap.and because of this they are normally rediculously overpriced.mine has been broken since i bought my car.never bothered to replace because drivers window works and im not the passenger.haha.but if its too hot a/c or the top comes down

blackbetty · Post by **blackbetty** » Wed Mar 17, 2010 9:10 pm

door trim is easily removed fyi.screw in the handle and from memory 3 in the armrest/grip.remove the handle and just pull of the trim its held on with clips

drew74 · Post by **drew74** » Thu Mar 18, 2010 3:45 pm

Hey thanks for that blackbetty, I have to admit, I still haven't rolled up my sleeves and had a look at this!

Now that the weathers getting cooler and the calendar not so full I'll hopefully get a free weekend to dig into this properly.

blackbetty · Post by **blackbetty** » Sun Mar 21, 2010 8:46 pm

no worries.(karma my way if im right

) should take only 2 mins to pull off trim and youll find straight away if the wire is snapped.good luck

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