With the currently visiting @grantw ’s invaluable assistance, we fault-finded two minor issues on my Truck, the closed-won’t-open driver side rear door window and the non-functioning passenger side rear central locking.
Conclusions: the CL on that door doesn’t work because the little motor appears to be binding, maybe on the magnets because it was full of what looked like powdered graphite. The motor works intermittently, but hits a high spot and stops. Trying to source the whole ‘black box’ thingy second hand/new now.
The window winder was more obvious, the steel pivot of the plastic main sprocket had rusted solid. We managed to free it a bit, but it was rusted too badly to keep. So we looked at the replacement mechs I’ve had in stock for the front door windows, never fitted cos the originals are still functioning, and found that the motor/sprocket assy is interchangeable. After some fettling and jiffling, it now works like new.
100% credits to @grantw for his tireless diagnostics, moral and active support.
Shame some clown (me) had left the ignition on all day with the heater fan on no.2 setting, and the consequential flat batteries I found when it came to home-time![Doh! :doh: :doh:](/custom/images/smilies/pack2/eusa/doh.gif)
Again @grantw to the rescue with 15 minutes or so of 20 amps of charging which got us underway.
Thank you @grantw you’re a star![Clapping :clap: :clap:](/custom/images/smilies/pack2/eusa/clap.gif)
Conclusions: the CL on that door doesn’t work because the little motor appears to be binding, maybe on the magnets because it was full of what looked like powdered graphite. The motor works intermittently, but hits a high spot and stops. Trying to source the whole ‘black box’ thingy second hand/new now.
The window winder was more obvious, the steel pivot of the plastic main sprocket had rusted solid. We managed to free it a bit, but it was rusted too badly to keep. So we looked at the replacement mechs I’ve had in stock for the front door windows, never fitted cos the originals are still functioning, and found that the motor/sprocket assy is interchangeable. After some fettling and jiffling, it now works like new.
100% credits to @grantw for his tireless diagnostics, moral and active support.
Shame some clown (me) had left the ignition on all day with the heater fan on no.2 setting, and the consequential flat batteries I found when it came to home-time
![Doh! :doh: :doh:](/custom/images/smilies/pack2/eusa/doh.gif)
Again @grantw to the rescue with 15 minutes or so of 20 amps of charging which got us underway.
Thank you @grantw you’re a star
![Clapping :clap: :clap:](/custom/images/smilies/pack2/eusa/clap.gif)