On 8 Sep 2008 02:21:44 GMT, "DoN. Nichols"
wrote:

On 2008-09-07, Bruce L Bergman wrote:
Did you ever notice that when the power window switch fails, it
NEVER fails with the window in the Up position, it's Down...

Well ... ours did fail in the up position (hence it took longer
for us to get around to fixing it. :-)

It was not the switch. It was the worm gear in the motor which
wore and jammed. Carefully designed so you have to drill and hole-saw
access to one of the three bolts which hold it in place. :-(

But all told, it was not that difficult to replace.

And you thought to stick your tools and a meter in the car, but it
doesn't have a DC Volts scale...

I don't have a meter which does not have a DC scale.

And you have three or four 12V Test Lamps (including one of the
"Computer Safe" LED models, but none with you...

Ouch!

90 minutes on the freeway listening to the slap echo off the K-rail.

But you were not driving through the overflow from a hurricane
when it happened? We got a *lot* of rain here yesterday, and a
beautiful day today.

Enjoy,
DoN.
When the power windows and locks started to act weird on the '83 K car
I started tracing the wiring harness from the drivers armrest through
the door panel, door post, down behind the kick panel, under the
carpet underlay and across the floor pan just ahead of the seat
platform and thus to the right side doorpost. Of course there were
spot weld connections for branch circuits, each protected with a loose
wrap of fabric tape, all in the foot wells of the floor pan where
there you would never expect to find such nasty stuff as salt water,
provided the car never left the heart of the Sahara desert. A few
hours work and the harness was rebuilt and water proofed with rubber
tape. The Chrysler "Ombudsman" I contacted would not even admit to
having a drivers licence, much less to knowing anything about
automobiles, electricity or chemistry.
Gerry :-)}
London, Canada