[Zmagnette] Window stuck, update

[David Halliday]

As a Magnette guy and an MGA Coupe guy, I'm not really sure where I stand
on this one?!!!!


Kind regards,

David




On 30 October 2013 16:50, Wayne & Isabel Hardy <gwhardy at suddenlink.net>wrote:

> Maybe when Barney was doing his little "Fix-it" page on windows it was
> easier to find old Magnettes rotting away in the junk yards than it was MGA
> coupes. In any case he's an MGA guy first so that would figure to be the
> one he's fixing.
> Interesting though that the springs broke off after only 55 years of use...
>
> Wombat
>
> -----Original Message----- From: Steven Trovato
> Sent: Wednesday, October 30, 2013 10:41 AM
> To: List for the Z Magnette Group - North America
> Subject: Re: [Zmagnette] Window stuck, update
>
>
> 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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