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D1 front door card removal


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Need to remove the front door card to find out why the window has dropped down - is it easy to do and is there anything i need to look out for? (expect that the rollers on the regulator have broken, but will see)

thanks

James

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Just poppers IIRC, but you will break several of them when you remove it so have some spare ones :)

The spot welds on the regulator have probably failed, you can either buy a new one, or if you know somebody who is handy with a spot welder and can get it in exactly the right position, you can spot weld the bit back on again, I had this done on my old D1 and it lasted for years but you have to get it exactly right or the mechanism will jam up.

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thanks matey, saves digging through the garage looking for all kinds of screwdriver/torx bits that cars usually have!

I think the regulators are around £25 on ebay new, so its probably not worth the hassle of getting it spot welded and hoping its perfect, if that is the cause of the failure.

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If they are that cheap I agree. The main reason I fixed mine was that there wasn't one available and the pigeon to the moon takes some time to arrive and I wanted my window fixed :)

The spot welding is a bit carp so it is worth putting some extra ones on to strengthen it, if you can get hold of a decent spot welder.

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