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Hello! Can anyone help me, my driver window was not going down for weeks and today it go down but don’t want to go up. Anyone can say to me how to clean the contacts?
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Harbor Freight and get a set of pry tools. They look like curved screwdrivers a little. Carefully take off the door panel. You wuill have to take off some screws for the arm rest. From here you need to look up some more on here ,or U Tube. You are going to test the motor and see if it goes with a jumper. That's just a start to get you going. Its not hard, but you really need to take your time on trhe panel if you want to keep your door looking good.
Harbor Freight and get a set of pry tools. They look like curved screwdrivers a little. Carefully take off the door panel. You wuill have to take off some screws for the arm rest. From here you need to look up some more on here ,or U Tube. You are going to test the motor and see if it goes with a jumper. That's just a start to get you going. Its not hard, but you really need to take your time on trhe panel if you want to keep your door looking good.
Pull the door switches, and carefully disassemble them (preferably over a nice table and not the driveway, etc.). Use a toothbrush and contact cleaner.
You didn't mention which year but I'm not certain which ones have switches that can be removed without pulling the door panels. Someone else will know that piece. Mine come out with the panels on (86).
Switch panel removal from arm rest:
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dhUaritp56A
Switch disassembly and contact cleaning:
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ou1pcHdo5Tc
I will say on this one that you really should use emery cloth to removed any build up off the contacts as a file will take a lot of very quickly. Be sure to clean the contacts after removing any build up with contact cleaner like CRC electrical contact cleaner. Let them dry and then apply a thin film of dielectric grease to the contacts.
You may have a cracked wiring panel on the back of the switches which is causing the wires to push back when the switches are installed. Switch wiring panel replacement:
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=--4JD2w61EE
Window motor replacement:
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rJ2ieBnG5T4
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dhUaritp56A
Switch disassembly and contact cleaning:
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ou1pcHdo5Tc
I will say on this one that you really should use emery cloth to removed any build up off the contacts as a file will take a lot of very quickly. Be sure to clean the contacts after removing any build up with contact cleaner like CRC electrical contact cleaner. Let them dry and then apply a thin film of dielectric grease to the contacts.
You may have a cracked wiring panel on the back of the switches which is causing the wires to push back when the switches are installed. Switch wiring panel replacement:
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=--4JD2w61EE
Window motor replacement:
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rJ2ieBnG5T4
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Window motor gearbox torque pins.
https://sparkys-answers.com/2008/09/replacing-torque-pins-in-ford-power.html
https://sparkys-answers.com/2008/09/replacing-torque-pins-in-ford-power.html
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