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    Older style window motor install?

    Does anyone here know how to install a window motor into an e30? I don't mean to sound stupid but I cant figure this out for the life of me?! Here is a picture of the motor I was given by a friend for my replacement (even he had to hack/cut it out so he had no tips for the install).

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    #2
    Are you wanting to install the motor or the regulator, or both?

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      #3
      Originally posted by StereoInstaller1 View Post
      Are you wanting to install the motor or the regulator, or both?
      Again please forgive my inexperience! Is the regulator the metal track attached to the motor here? If so the one in the picture was cut off to remove the motor so I would have to use the one in my car already. Also I feel I should give a little more info on the reason for the motor swap. The window works right now but when I try to close it fully the window stops about a 1/2 inch from being fully closed and a loud clicking noise emits from the motor. I tried using the manual window tool from the kit but it still wont close (It sounds like something in the motor is stripped).
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        #4
        Sounds to me like you had a poorly adjusted window that trashed your regulator.

        So, yeah, just grab your ankles now and get it over with.

        OK, so, pull your door panels, then pull your mirror.

        Now pull the inner and outer "scrub strip", the part that wipes the water off of your window.

        Now, start unbolting shit. Start off by removing the window itself...a couple of 10mm bolts and it is loose...oh yeah, BTW, those bolts are the adjustment point that should have been fixed before the window regulator got trashed.

        So, now we have window out, strips out, blah blah blah.

        unbolt that regulator, disconnect the motor, here we go.

        You want to wriggle the regulator "up" towards the rear of the door, yanking the end of the track out the top of the door, where the window fits, where you just removed the scrub strips.

        Now, you need to kind of slide the lower front of the regulator out of the bottom of the door, where the map pocket should be, then while cussing and screaming, kind of rotate the entire regulator out of the door, like downward.

        Oh yeah, right now would be a good time to be really pissed because you destroyed the regulator you got from the junkyard, so go get another.

        Before you get another, test the center pivot to make sure it doesn't have much slop. That shit getting worn makes the motor bind, thus the whole dead motor thing.

        Oh yeah...assembly is the reverse of removal.

        So, fucking A, man, tear it up!

        Luke

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        Thanks for 10 years of fun!

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          #5
          Hello thank you for that removal description. wow yes.
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            #6
            Since you're going to be removing anything anyway, if you have the time and funds it might be worth your while to look for a later-model regulator and window. The later model uses a scissor-type regulator that's more durable and efficient and less likely to get sticky and kill motors. The key is getting a late-model window with it however as the mounting locations are different for the two regulators.

            This is what a late-model regulator looks like, sorry for the gigantor picture:

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              #7
              Originally posted by ELVA164 View Post
              Since you're going to be removing anything anyway, if you have the time and funds it might be worth your while to look for a later-model regulator and window. The later model uses a scissor-type regulator that's more durable and efficient and less likely to get sticky and kill motors. The key is getting a late-model window with it however as the mounting locations are different for the two regulators.

              This is what a late-model regulator looks like, sorry for the gigantor picture:

              Also if your car is newer your door might not be able to have old style or vise versa. Found that out after I had my window tinted.

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