1987 Lincoln Town Car Driver Window Stopped Working

[noppid]

The drivers window on my lincoln stopped working. I popped the panel and I have power at the switch when I operate it. It starting pouring during the test so I stopped.

Would this be a bad motor? Do the motors have circuit breakers? Is there a seperate fuse after the switch?

Thanks.

 

[gadget73]

Can you hear the motor running at all? If not, check and see that you have power at the connector for the motor itself. If you have power there and the motor still doesn't run, its probably shot. To get the window up, try tapping the motor lightly with a hammer or something similar. It might just get it going long enough to run the window up, but you're still probably looking at replacing the window motor.

If no power at the connector with the switch pressed, the switch is shot. Replace it.

If the motor runs but the window doesn't move, you probably need to replace the nylon rollers in the gear mechanism. Pull the motor by drilling the three indents in the door panel. Once the motor is out, remove the single screw holding the metal plate over the gear and pull the gear out. Pull out the other gear inside and clean the old grease and the remains of the old rollers out. Re-grease with lithium grease and install new rollers. I got mine from Advance Auto in the Help section for about $4 per set of 3.

 

[noppid]

Great, thanks for the reply. The switch gives me power for up and down when pressed. There is absolutly no noise what so ever from the motor.

The windows worked well and exhibited no signs of failure coming. I went out today and it was dead.

I have never had this door panel off, so that will be my project tomorrow in the daylight.

Thanks again.

 

[noppid]

I took the panel off. I can see the motor through the speaker hole. I can't for the life of me figure out how that thing would be replaced!

I may need to take this to someone. :/

Thanks

 

[KainDTE]

I took the panel off. I can see the motor through the speaker hole. I can't for the life of me figure out how that thing would be replaced!

I may need to take this to someone. :/

Thanks

250$ with the new motor, its not that bad i had it done to my 90 (180 for the motor for my 90....i dunno how much yours will be)

 

[noppid]

Well I found the three bolts for the motor. I removed um and the motor did not loosen at all. I have a friend that knows how, he did three about a month ago on his car. He travels, so I may have to wait till the weekend for help.

Damn it sucks being so close! The motor is 60 to 80 new here.

 

[gadget73]

Look on the insode of the door that is in front of the motor. There are three dimples. Drill those out with a 1/2" drill bit and you can pull the 3 screws holding the window motor. They are 5/16".

 

[noppid]

Look on the insode of the door that is in front of the motor. There are three dimples. Drill those out with a 1/2" drill bit and you can pull the 3 screws holding the window motor. They are 5/16".

Those are the three I removed. The holes were drilled already. They are 5/16th bolts and came out easily. However, the motor would not budge at all.

 

[gadget73]

Strange. I just pulled one of my rear motors and it literally fell off when that last screw came out. Might be the gears are jammed. Try picking up the glass a little to see if it'll come un-bound.