[Zmagnette] Window stuck, update

[charles durning]

Steve,

Sounds like you are a crafty soul.  Good job.

Charlie Durning

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On Wed, Oct 30, 2013 at 10:41 AM, Steven Trovato <strovato at optonline.net>wrote:

> 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<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.
>
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