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Old 10-06-2004, 10:43 AM
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please help with my p.o.s. b4 i junk her!!!!

she's got low miles (95,000) but shes falling apart in front of my eyes. i've already dumped 4 grand in to the tranny. couple g's when this broke or that broke and ive had enough. anyway my most serious problem besides taking 2 or 3 tries to get her started is the window. it rolls down but not up. i can hear the motor spinning when i try to get it to go up but it wont do it. i wouldnt care as much if it wasnt the driver door. so, is it the motor? something else? please help! if you know someone parting out a 95 let me know cuz the stealership wants like $300 without installation.
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Old 10-06-2004, 10:47 AM
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The same thing happend to mine after i got hit. The window might be off track. I'm not sure how the body shop fixed it though.
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Old 10-06-2004, 10:55 AM
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Its prbly off track. Take the door panel off and check the window. Im in the process of replacing my driver side back window motor/regulator. Which will happen this weekend. Im going to try and do a writeup. I yanked it open a few days ago and it looked confusing... Thought i might be able to take some pics and do a writeup.
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Old 10-06-2004, 01:11 PM
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if the motor's out you can usually get 1 from a junk yard for 50$, thats how much it cost me anyways, it's not a very hard install
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Old 10-06-2004, 01:22 PM
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You paid 4 grand in tranny work? Wow you could have gotten a new tranny for way less than that much.

Either that or you go thru some trannys.

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Old 10-06-2004, 02:33 PM
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I don't think the window is off track. It's probably the window regulator. There is a wire that the motor winds up to put the window up and down and chances are the wire broke. If you hear the motor running then the motor works fine.
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Old 10-06-2004, 02:39 PM
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Oh I forgot to mention you could a window regulator on e-bay for a decent price.
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used tranny should be ~$1000 and the window isnt a big problem, what else?
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Old 10-06-2004, 06:36 PM
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the window isnt off track its the rubber guide that the window goes up n down n that needs to be put back together. it happened to me and it would go down but not up and i can hear the motor going. just open the door and u should see the rubber guide and that maynot be in its right place. pm me if u have any qestions
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Old 10-14-2004, 08:59 AM
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yeah i hear the motor turning and i see the cable which doesnt look broken. the track looks ok too. i just dont get it. and the 4 grand for tranny work, dont ever go to cottman transmission. they suck. they charged me 4 grand and took 2 months. grrr
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A used transmission with low miles + installation is about 1200 tops...

Take your door panel apart and check it out. Its not that difficult... just a little tricky.

And man the problems your having are not that serious... you just got raped by the transmission place. Not the cars fault
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Old 10-14-2004, 10:54 AM
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lol funny story guys. I ripped my door panel off (backseat drivers side door) and Im like WTF! I cant do this! I need to get my cousin to help me. So i test out the new one.. Its not working im like hrmmm.. Maybe me switch is dead. So i plug in the harness back into the oem one and leave it there. So the weekend rolls by and im over at his house and i roll down the back window to see which is bad and they both rolled down! Im like WTF! I just spent 65 bux on a new motor/regulator for nothing! haha. WOWWWWW!
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