[Zmagnette] Window stuck, update

[Steven Trovato]

Heres the latest on my window saga.  I have disassembled the window 
regulator.  I have drilled the rivets that hold the window crank part 
to the regulator.  In there is a retainer spring.  Each end of the 
spring has hooks that engage the drive slot edges.  When you crank 
the window, the shaft and retainer spring turn inside the housing.  I 
could take pictures, but there are some excellent ones on Barney's 
site here:  http://mgaguru.com/mgtech/coupe/cp112.htm

On my regulator, both ends of the spring broke off.  The spring was 
remaining stationary, and the shaft was turning within.  The little 
broken spring ends were floating around in the mechanism.  I think 
they were jamming it and causing the symptoms.  All the rest of the 
parts look great.

I have cannibalized an MGA coupe window regulator.  It has a good 
spring.  Rather than try to disengage the spring and move it to the 
other shaft, I think I will just take the whole shaft with spring 
attached from the MGA and put it into the Magnette regulator.  Then 
it is just a matter of reattaching the shaft with some pop rivets, 
lubricating everything with some non-antique grease and putting it 
back into the door.  I'll let you know how it goes.

BTW, I thought it was interesting that the repair shown on Barney's 
site involves using parts from a Magnette regulator to repair an MGA 
coupe regulator.  I am doing the exact opposite!  Poetic justice?

-Steve T.