Window repair kit
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Burning Brakes
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From: Olive Branch MS
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Window repair kit
Anyone tried this kit from ecklers? Difficulty?
http://www.ecklers.com/product.asp?p...3RXM1JR2HVAKL0
http://www.ecklers.com/product.asp?p...3RXM1JR2HVAKL0
Burning Brakes
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From: Tulsa Ok
I'm thinking about going into the doors soon. I did it when I first got the car 10 yrs ago but didn't totally disassenble everything. Even so, I found little wear on any of those parts. You might want to save the $50 and just clean and lubricate everything. There's always time to buy parts after you find if somethings broken.
Le Mans Master
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From: columbia city in
Originally Posted by FeedVaal
I'm thinking about going into the doors soon. I did it when I first got the car 10 yrs ago but didn't totally disassenble everything. Even so, I found little wear on any of those parts. You might want to save the $50 and just clean and lubricate everything. There's always time to buy parts after you find if somethings broken.
Melting Slicks
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From: Sudbury MA
I did both my doors on my 68 with power windows. Most likely you will just need to clean and relubricate everything and they will work like new. I doubt you would need this kit and if you needed one individual part (rather than buying the whole kit) you can get the individual parts much cheaper from Dr. Rebuild and you won't end up buying a bunch of parts you don't need. I cleaned everythging and mine worked like new and before I started I had one window that barely moved. The grease and dirt gets caked on so hard over the years that I needed to remove the crud with a screwdriver. Save your money until you are SURE you need parts. Cleaning and lubricating might solve your problems.
Melting Slicks
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From: Long Island NY
I need to take off my sport mirrors ('78), but the windows needs to go higher or lower to get to the nuts. If I take off the top stops, how high will the window go up? I need to get at least an 1" up. Or is dropping the window down in the door easier?
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From: columbia city in
Originally Posted by mvftw
I need to take off my sport mirrors ('78), but the windows needs to go higher or lower to get to the nuts. If I take off the top stops, how high will the window go up? I need to get at least an 1" up. Or is dropping the window down in the door easier?
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Burning Brakes
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From: Olive Branch MS
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Decided to buy one of these kits anyway. When I got to looking at my right side window I found that the roller was broken. Since it was the most expensive part anyway (more than half the cost of the kit) I figured I might as well have all new parts.
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From: columbia city in
Originally Posted by mvftw
Terry82, when you say windows guides, you mean the 2 little brushes that holds the window tight or the 2 long channels that window rides on?
Drifting
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From: Canberra AUSTRALIA
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Originally Posted by brooksman9
Anyone tried this kit from ecklers? Difficulty?
http://www.ecklers.com/product.asp?p...3RXM1JR2HVAKL0
http://www.ecklers.com/product.asp?p...3RXM1JR2HVAKL0
Go to a hardwar store and get some jam nuts for the threaded control rod ends of the door lock/latch while you are in there. If you put a nut on the end with the elbow it helps tighten everything up and gets rid of a lot of rattles.
Most time was setting up the window location when you are done. There is a for-aft set by slots in the guides at top, up-down set by the stops in the guides at the top and bottom. A athwartships (sideways) set by the location of the top guide bolts, and a tilt set by the two bolts in the middle of the door that are on the short piece of guide.
Do one side at a time so you can use the other side as a reference.
Good Luck.
Pete
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Ugh, I just did both sides of my car. I pulled everything out and the old lube on the tracks had the consistency of dried up bubble gum. It's a wonder the windows moved at all. So I soaked all the tracks and rollers in degreaser (twice), opened up the gearbox, wiped out all the old dried up grease in there, repacked that with new wheel grease, put a coat of white lithium grease on the tracks and rollers, reassembled everything, and now the windows snap up like nobody's business.
Just take your time, and don't get frustrated. If something seems like it's too difficult, or there isn't enough room then you're doing it wrong. Be sure you pull off the water diverter strip too. Removing that gives you just enough clearance to remove/install the glass with the rollers still on it.
Just take your time, and don't get frustrated. If something seems like it's too difficult, or there isn't enough room then you're doing it wrong. Be sure you pull off the water diverter strip too. Removing that gives you just enough clearance to remove/install the glass with the rollers still on it.