A power window tip...

[Dustn525]

Alright, not much of a recipe for a hot thread here, but right now I'm in my garage, attempting to get all 4 windows down in my '88 'vert that's been sitting in here for 2 years, in which the battery has been bad for 3 years.

Alright, so I hooked up my battery charger and the front windows rolled down with no problem, but the rear ones wouldn't. The voltmeter still read 13.6-14 volts, so I was like WTF! in a slightly drunken rage.

Well, for some reason, the rear window motors require more amperage than the front, so I have to run the charger on jump start mode for 8 minutes until the amperage is high enough, to roll down 1 rear window at a time. LAME!

Anyways, my point is, is that the rear window motors want to draw more than the fronts, which doesn't make any sense since the rear windows are smaller. Alright, well I better unplug the charger before the battery explodes and my room mate finds me dead with a bottle of Bacardi in my hand. Hope you find my 2 cents useful someday :).

[e30Villain]

Useful. Haha you learn something new everyday. My rear left window's motor went out last week, its my second motor lol.

[lolcantturn]

I don't know where this thread is going

But I'm an advocate of Bacardi so whatever

[agile30]

I don't know where this thread is going

But I'm an advocate of Bacardi so whatever

This.

[mrcheezle19]

I don't know where this thread is going

But I'm an advocate of Bacardi so whatever

This.

I too, am an advocate of Bacardi.

[Thizzelle]

Probably needs more power to push through the rubber gaskets?

[WhyNot]

it may just be that the mechanisms on the rear windows are more gummed up than the front.
on a vert you have to use bacardi 151 and not just regular bacardi.
once you take the panels off and clean everything real good and relube it all it should be alot smoother, because the extra power is not needed because the unneccesary load is gone,,,, then you can try some mailbu rum on the rocks as a chaser.

[dougie30]

hahaha this post made me lol but thanks for the tip!!

[IRON-E]

I don't know where this thread is going

But I'm an advocate of Bacardi so whatever

This.

I too, am an advocate of Bacardi.

I don't always drink Bacardi, but when I do I make it 151.

Drink up my frenz. :up:

[MonkeyMadness]

Dude I'm so confused.. O_o

My rear windows pop out and don't have a motor.....


Is it cause I'm an Alcoholic no Jack-n-Coke?

[chance]

only one of my rear windows goes up and down. I can tell the stuck one is getting power because I can see the draw on the system, but it will not budge...?

[IRON-E]

only one of my rear windows goes up and down. I can tell the stuck one is getting power because I can see the draw on the system, but it will not budge...?

Pour some Bacardi on the seals. :giggle:

[Dustn525]

only one of my rear windows goes up and down. I can tell the stuck one is getting power because I can see the draw on the system, but it will not budge...?

LMAO, alright well since the other night, I borrowed a friend's battery and have confirmed that it's an amperage issue. All 4 windows are down now, as well as the top, so I can start getting some sh** done on this thing. woo! LOL hope y'all found my drunkenness entertaining.

[jeffnhiscars]

Well, 1 of my barn find Cabrio rear windows won't go down so I had tearing the motor out on my todo list (after finding a head to put back on it). Now I think I'll put a battery in the car instead of trying all this with jumpers to the battery cables.

Bacardi & Bentley

[Dustn525]

Bacardi & Bentley

^Excellent.