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I have plenty of good regulators available if you end up needing one.glad the pix helped, I'll take it apart tomorrow and inspect the regulator for damage
I have plenty of good regulators available if you end up needing one.glad the pix helped, I'll take it apart tomorrow and inspect the regulator for damage
Is the blurry pic of the box the repair kit? Let’s see what’s inside if it is and in focus please…*** MORE UPDATE*** OK, My mistake, with the motor going around, I thought it was good. nope, I took the motor apart and found what looks like foam and no pucks, I'm hoping the repair kit i bought will work, all the parts look correct.
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Power window motors operate by reversing polarity, not a common ground. Inside each window switch are basically two SPDT switches that provide power or ground to the legs of the motor. When the window switch is in the 'neutral' position ground is applied to both legs. When the window switch is moved to the 'up' position, the SPDT switch for the 'up' leg of the motor switched from ground to power, completing the circuit and moving the window. When the window switch is released and returns to the neutral position, the 'up' SPDT is switched from power to ground.The motor operates with a common ground (motor bolted to the car body), and one wire in the connector is UP, and the other DOWN. Using a stand alone 12V battery, connect the Negative to a bolt on the door, and then connect 12V Positive alternatively to each tab on the motor pigtail.
The section marked 'right rear' is the only one that clearly shows a connection to ground at both white dots, but all of them are the same. When the switch is not operated, the switches inside are both connected to ground.Correct - polarity is reversed, but as I understand it, only by changing the flow pathway of 12V DC. If they were to connect 12V to the motors as you describe (with reversing the power feed AND ground function within the two wires feeding the motor), then wiring diagram would have therefore have a line showing a hard connection to each motor from what's labelled as ground.
But it doesn't (as I interpret it). The diagram shows ground as chassis ground, and the diagram shows that the switches simply feed 12V to either the Up or Down side of the motor - yes, in a strict sense reversing the motor's polarity, but in truth, running the motor either backwards or forwards by running 12V through it in one or the other direction, and still grounding the motor to the chassis (common ground). I still maintain that ground (as depicted here) is common to the chassis and therefore the motor case.
Perhaps I've got it wrong?