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Old Dec 19, 2013 | 11:25 PM
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New to this forum. On Saturday moved my 78 Vette to get Christmas decorations out of garage. Rolled window down to pull car back in window goes up about an inch and stops. Goes back down without a problem but won't go past the same spot. Motor seems to be OK. Anyone here run into a similiar problem?
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Old Dec 20, 2013 | 11:06 AM
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You have to remove the interior door panel and look for a channel obstruction or some other issue related to the regulator.
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Old Dec 20, 2013 | 11:36 AM
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Should be an easy fix.
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Old Dec 20, 2013 | 12:42 PM
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Originally Posted by ORANGEBROTHERS
...Should be an easy fix...
...but probably won't be.
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That happened to me..

Remove the door panels
remove the glass
remove the vertical window tracks
use brake cleaner to remove the old hardened grease in the tracks
Lube the tracks with lithium grease
put it all back together

Will cost you a few hours and $3.00 for the lube
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Old Dec 20, 2013 | 01:05 PM
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I assume you've tried to pull the window up manually as you hit the button?
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