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Old 04-17-2019, 03:59 PM   #98
flatbed67
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Re: 1968 Chevy Bel Air Wagon Project

I had a bit of luck recently. When I was going to paint the wagon, I opened
the tail gate to mask off the jambs. As I was buzzing down the electric
window, it suddenly quit, and would not do anything. I checked the fuses, and
all of them looked ok. Luckily the widow was just enough lowered, that I
could open the tailgate. I left it, and just masked over the rear window
opening with paper.

I read on a forum about a guy, who asked if he should break the glass, as it
was stuck closed. Apparently a few screws are under the floor height, so
you're in real trouble if the window doesn't open.

Yesterday I found what caused the window to not work. There's a switch in
the jamb, that earths the motor when the tail gate is closed. One of the
leads had loosened, and fallen off the switch. I could reach in (inside panel of
the tailgate was removed), and just earth the lead, and get the window up,
while the tailgate was open, to get full access to the mechanism and the
elecicals.
Of course I cut the lead, that had fallen off, to length, crimped a ring terminal
to it, and put it under the head of a mounting bolt for the motor. Now it's
possible to raise the window when the tail gate is open, but why would you
do that by mistake?
At least now I can do it to change bulbs in the tail lights.
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