C3 - Power Window Regulator
This project was on my to do list for years. I was
manually pulling up and down the window since I bought the car. The
problem was it had a
stripped gear. I was able to pick up a regulator on EBAY for under $100, a new
one cost about $178. This job can be done in 1 afternoon.
Remove lock cover,
door handle, mirror control & door panel screws
The round hole
above the regulator came in handy for removing the nut for the
glass
The window motor is held on
with three bolts
Drill out the original rivets
about 5 of them
Remove the two nuts on the
track that attaches to the window. It's ok not to remove the
glass which is held on by 1 more roller
Note how worn the teeth were
here
Slide the old regulator off
the track on the top & add new grease to the track
Here is the new regulator
A view with the track
installed
The roller on the left (from
the previous pic) will slide down this vertical track
Remove these two bolts that
hold the horizontal track to install the bottom roller shown here
Compress spring & put a
large bolt where this screwdriver is. The holes are already there
I drilled new holes for my
rivets which were smaller
Align door glass
& put the door panel & trim back on
The next project
is replacing the gas tank sending unit