MartinK
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Im posting this in case it helps others with a similar problem. My car is a 2002 Discovery II, TD5, 92k miles, owned from new.
Last night, driving home, I lowered the drivers door electric window and it stayed down! When pressing the switch, the motor could be heard working inside the door, but the glass didnt move.
So having used sticky tape & plastic (yes I used to watch Blue Peter) to cover the window last night, I started work at first light this morning.
Off came the water shedder (inside) by levering off. Screws in the door handle (2), escutcheon (1), and pocket (4) were removed, and the inside cover was prized off the door (remembering to disconnect the speaker).
I managed to remove the 2 bolts holding the glass into the mechanism, raised it up to the top, and used gaffa tape to stick it in place.
There are 6 bolts holding the motor mechanism, 2 of which have keyhole holes, so you can just loosen them (good for re-build), then you wiggle the whole mechanism through the lower hole in the door.
What has happened with mine, is that there are 3 spot welds, holding the actuator arm (the toothed cam to the main actuating arm), and these spot welds have failed Im really pleased because apparently new components (such as the electric motor) are expensive.
So this afternoons job involves an electric drill and rivet gun, and hopefully were fixed!
Im glad I took the time to do this myself, I guess a main dealer would have replaced the parts, and costed a few hours labour Itll cost me a couple of hours and 3 rivets (and a soaking, its raining in Scotland today and I cant get the Disco in my garage!).
Last night, driving home, I lowered the drivers door electric window and it stayed down! When pressing the switch, the motor could be heard working inside the door, but the glass didnt move.
So having used sticky tape & plastic (yes I used to watch Blue Peter) to cover the window last night, I started work at first light this morning.
Off came the water shedder (inside) by levering off. Screws in the door handle (2), escutcheon (1), and pocket (4) were removed, and the inside cover was prized off the door (remembering to disconnect the speaker).
I managed to remove the 2 bolts holding the glass into the mechanism, raised it up to the top, and used gaffa tape to stick it in place.
There are 6 bolts holding the motor mechanism, 2 of which have keyhole holes, so you can just loosen them (good for re-build), then you wiggle the whole mechanism through the lower hole in the door.
What has happened with mine, is that there are 3 spot welds, holding the actuator arm (the toothed cam to the main actuating arm), and these spot welds have failed Im really pleased because apparently new components (such as the electric motor) are expensive.
So this afternoons job involves an electric drill and rivet gun, and hopefully were fixed!
Im glad I took the time to do this myself, I guess a main dealer would have replaced the parts, and costed a few hours labour Itll cost me a couple of hours and 3 rivets (and a soaking, its raining in Scotland today and I cant get the Disco in my garage!).
