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Delanor

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Yesterday whilst out in the sunshine I went to raise the drivers window and it only moved a couple of inches with a whirr and crunch and and a clunk and then no further movement - I guess the drive cable in the window regulator has broken has anyone had this happen in a Cabriolet as I guess it has implications with raising/lowering the soft top as window closing is part of the sequence.

Luckily I still had the hard top on so I could raise the window by hand but does the regulator and motor have a setting some how as the Cabriolet motor is different to the Coupe.

As well as a replacement regulator instead you can buy a repair kit of just the cable has anyone tried using one of these?

Any Cabriolet owner had this happen?

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I had this happen last year but on the passenger side.

I bought a replacement regulator from ECP whilst they had a discount code so worked out about £170ish and then its a fairly easy job to change it over yourself.

I managed to do it the same weekend it broke and didn't drive it until it was fixed.
 
Hi Leon 1 davies, i too had the passenger regulator fail not so long ago.Like you have said, easy enough to change but i dont know if i have a problem.Here goes, i never noticed previously that when the window is down it actually sticks proud of the top of the door by approx 1inch :dont know: ,whereas the drivers one goes inside the door. Prior to fitting everything was measured against the original o.k. Apart from this everything, windows,roof ,etc work perfectly. Answers please. :roll: cheers.
 
nant said:
Hi Leon 1 davies, i too had the passenger regulator fail not so long ago.Like you have said, easy enough to change but i dont know if i have a problem.Here goes, i never noticed previously that when the window is down it actually sticks proud of the top of the door by approx 1inch :dont know: ,whereas the drivers one goes inside the door. Prior to fitting everything was measured against the original o.k. Apart from this everything, windows,roof ,etc work perfectly. Answers please. :roll: cheers.
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On the bottom of the regulator is a small white plastic block held in place with a T20 torx screw .. you have to remove it .. so door card is coming back off and i think you can just about remove it with the window in situe.

The regulator is a multi fit and some models use it and some dont .
 
Hi Demort, so by removing this block how will this allow the window to come down further :dont know: . Cheers.
 
You should see the price of the rear window regulator. Approx £550
:eek:

Vinny
 
nant said:
Hi Leon 1 davies, i too had the passenger regulator fail not so long ago.Like you have said, easy enough to change but i dont know if i have a problem.Here goes, i never noticed previously that when the window is down it actually sticks proud of the top of the door by approx 1inch :dont know: ,whereas the drivers one goes inside the door. Prior to fitting everything was measured against the original o.k. Apart from this everything, windows,roof ,etc work perfectly. Answers please. :roll: cheers.
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Ha I have the same problem but just haven't been bothered to sort it out yet...but what demort said :thumb:
 
nant said:
Hi Demort, so by removing this block how will this allow the window to come down further :dont know: . Cheers.
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Part of the regulator when lowered hits it and stops .. if its removed the regulator will drop lower.
 
Thanks for that Demort , proberly leave it as it is now. :thumb: cheers.
 
It turned out the cable was rusty and had broken, the motor was OK but I got a good OE replacement regulator and motor from "McPorsche" for £79 delivered - a new after market regulator was £60-£70 so have got a spare motor out of it.

The regulator is the same for all 996`s but there are 2 different motors one for the Coupe and one for the Cabriolet don`t know what the difference is though.

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