firepower
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Sorry for the lack of photos, it was cold, wet and dark when I did this one.
Land Rover need a severe kick in the nads for deciding that the crescent shaped cog on the window regulator would stay attached with three small spot welds. At 1.30am the other night these welds did what they do best and failed, resulting in a window that was stuck firmly in the open position.
After removing the regulator mechanism I called Craddocks and they had three new ones in stock at about the 30 quid mark including VAT. When I picked up the regulator to take over to them I noticed these three welds and the scrooge in me took over and I decided to try to fix it rather than waste thirty beer tokens.
Using the welds as the guide I centre punched them and drilled 6mm holes in the same places. The two parts were then bolted together using pan headed machine screws. The gap between the crescent gear and the motor is small so a quick linish was applied to the heads.
Throw the regulator back in and hey presto, fixed forever
I will be doing the other one shortly to pre empt failure.
Land Rover need a severe kick in the nads for deciding that the crescent shaped cog on the window regulator would stay attached with three small spot welds. At 1.30am the other night these welds did what they do best and failed, resulting in a window that was stuck firmly in the open position.
After removing the regulator mechanism I called Craddocks and they had three new ones in stock at about the 30 quid mark including VAT. When I picked up the regulator to take over to them I noticed these three welds and the scrooge in me took over and I decided to try to fix it rather than waste thirty beer tokens.
Using the welds as the guide I centre punched them and drilled 6mm holes in the same places. The two parts were then bolted together using pan headed machine screws. The gap between the crescent gear and the motor is small so a quick linish was applied to the heads.
Throw the regulator back in and hey presto, fixed forever
I will be doing the other one shortly to pre empt failure.
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