So after an evening drive, the right window on the project Grand Prix stuck about an inch from fully closed
No amount of wire wiggling and door slamming would coax it back into life (it used to )
Applying power and ground to the motor (after using the wrong wires and blowing some fuses) yielded nothing
After a week of heavy rain (didn't get that wet) I got two new motors, and both switches because they were kinda sticky, also cheap $
That door panel is a *censored* and a half to remove, let's put it that way
It's also 37 year old quality GM cardboard with pretty felt glued on (read: fragile)
It's not like any other G body door, so not like I had any instructions
I ordered a Fisher body manual, it's fairly useless on the matter as well
Then I find out you've gotta drill 3 holes in the inner door skin metal to access the bolts that hold the motor onto the regulator
So, I thought I'd do a nice job and pick up a hole saw
WRONG
Your cutting through such thin metal, with a hardened steel bolt right behind it, there's no room for the pilot bit to sink in, which sends the hole saw chattering across the door panel (into your pant leg)
I ordered one of those nice drill operated metal nibblers, thought that would make a clean cut
ALSO WRONG
It too requires clearanc that wasn't available
In the end, I wound up sacrificing a drill bit and just drilling several holes in a circle, then prying with an implement, I was so fed up
It's not pretty, but it's completely hidden internal to the door, I'll probably clean it up with a burr on the M12 die grinder before reassembling the door
ACDelco motors are $35 new, oddly they used the same motor in a '04 Cavalier
Leave it to GM to get their money's worth out of a design
It's faster, so it's got that going for it now, also reliable
I'm not even gonna bother on the functional drivers one yet, because both doors need anti rattle kits, both inner outer dew wipes, and glass adjustments into new weatherstripping
Slowclap for the hardtop bodystyle
Window
No amount of wire wiggling and door slamming would coax it back into life (it used to )
Applying power and ground to the motor (after using the wrong wires and blowing some fuses) yielded nothing
After a week of heavy rain (didn't get that wet) I got two new motors, and both switches because they were kinda sticky, also cheap $
That door panel is a *censored* and a half to remove, let's put it that way
It's also 37 year old quality GM cardboard with pretty felt glued on (read: fragile)
It's not like any other G body door, so not like I had any instructions
I ordered a Fisher body manual, it's fairly useless on the matter as well
Then I find out you've gotta drill 3 holes in the inner door skin metal to access the bolts that hold the motor onto the regulator
So, I thought I'd do a nice job and pick up a hole saw
WRONG
Your cutting through such thin metal, with a hardened steel bolt right behind it, there's no room for the pilot bit to sink in, which sends the hole saw chattering across the door panel (into your pant leg)
I ordered one of those nice drill operated metal nibblers, thought that would make a clean cut
ALSO WRONG
It too requires clearanc that wasn't available
In the end, I wound up sacrificing a drill bit and just drilling several holes in a circle, then prying with an implement, I was so fed up
It's not pretty, but it's completely hidden internal to the door, I'll probably clean it up with a burr on the M12 die grinder before reassembling the door
ACDelco motors are $35 new, oddly they used the same motor in a '04 Cavalier
Leave it to GM to get their money's worth out of a design
It's faster, so it's got that going for it now, also reliable
I'm not even gonna bother on the functional drivers one yet, because both doors need anti rattle kits, both inner outer dew wipes, and glass adjustments into new weatherstripping
Slowclap for the hardtop bodystyle
Window