Goz Posted December 15, 2012 Report Share Posted December 15, 2012 So I bought a very cheap 1.4 VW Lupo Auto a couple of weeks back. I knew the windows didn't work but thought for the price (£180 with 7 months of road tax) that I'd just give a crack fixing it myself.So i followed this AWESOME guide:http://forums.clublupo.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=89966(Thank Danoid!)Finally I got the whole mechanism out (took me 3 hours! ). Greased the living crap out of it and plugged it all in to test it. The mechanism was now working!! Alas immediately on finding this out, the runner that connects to the window clamp ... broke ...Arse.Anyone know how easy it is to just replace the runner and where i can get one quickly (I'm in Oxford)? Cos I currently have a window held up by gaffer and a load of tarp jammed into the door frame to try and handle the case where the gaffer fails ...Everywhere in Oxford can't do me a new regulator (nowhere can just do me the, frankly crappy, plastic runner) till monday so I may just have to keep my fingers crossed that the window stays there and sort it all out on monday ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MiiTCH-TDi Posted December 15, 2012 Report Share Posted December 15, 2012 I bought the grey clipsOff eBay only 8 quid and fixed my crappy windows that always fell off the runners 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goz Posted December 15, 2012 Author Report Share Posted December 15, 2012 I bought the grey clipsOff eBay only 8 quid and fixed my crappy windows that always fell off the runnersYeah been considering that ... but I'll end up spending several days with a window that can't be fixed in place ... which concerns me ... especially given the weather Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goz Posted December 15, 2012 Author Report Share Posted December 15, 2012 I'd love to know of anyone that can tell me where I can get one of those runners in Oxford though ... Especially somewhere where i can pick one up tomorrow (Sunday) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete91 Posted December 15, 2012 Report Share Posted December 15, 2012 Are vw open on a sunday? Or tps? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goz Posted December 15, 2012 Author Report Share Posted December 15, 2012 (edited) Are vw open on a sunday? Or tps?VW weren't even open for parts on a saturday, alas ... And TPS aren't either ... alas.Cheers for the thoguht though .. didn't know of TPS and they're 5 mins drive from home Edited December 15, 2012 by Goz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m1cr08472 Posted December 15, 2012 Report Share Posted December 15, 2012 I don't have a regulator in my door, same problem as you the little plastic clip has snapped and I've lost the runner, the window is held up by a couple of gaffer tape wedges I made and jammed in between the door and window, the windows never fell down (been like this since august) but it does slowly slip and it makes a horrible whistling noise when I go over 40.I priced a new regulator up from lupoboz for £70 but then ordered a secondhand one from ebay ended up getting ripped off, had to wait over a month to get my money back, I've not bothered looking for another one since. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeoffD Posted December 15, 2012 Report Share Posted December 15, 2012 i used to keep two pieces of wood , cut precisely to fit in under the window to keep my window up, much more reliable than gaffer tape, since then (touch my two pieces of wood ) i dont seem to have had any window problems. but i still keep them just in case. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeoffD Posted December 15, 2012 Report Share Posted December 15, 2012 by the way what kind of regulators do you want? i have some manual ones that could go to new homes for a swap or the price of the postage. the plastic bits that break are the same in a few vw cars such as polo mk4 golf etc. there may be a few around in scrapyards. they literally just snap in and out. if you are careful you probably wont even have to pay for them, he he Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goz Posted December 16, 2012 Author Report Share Posted December 16, 2012 by the way what kind of regulators do you want? i have some manual ones that could go to new homes for a swap or the price of the postage. the plastic bits that break are the same in a few vw cars such as polo mk4 golf etc. there may be a few around in scrapyards. they literally just snap in and out. if you are careful you probably wont even have to pay for them, he heCheers I have automatic regulators. I could swap the runners but all in I"ll be able to get a full replacement before you're able to send it. Much appreciated though :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goz Posted December 16, 2012 Author Report Share Posted December 16, 2012 Well I managed to pick up a clip from a VW golf down the local breakers yard ...Only bugger is I can't get the old wire out from inside the clip. Gonna try freezing it and hope it shrinks a bit ... any other ideas would be appreciated Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MiiTCH-TDi Posted December 16, 2012 Report Share Posted December 16, 2012 I prized it off with a flathead pretty tricky 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goz Posted December 16, 2012 Author Report Share Posted December 16, 2012 I prized it off with a flathead pretty trickyThanks ... gonna try some WD40 next cos freezing made bugger all difference Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goz Posted December 16, 2012 Author Report Share Posted December 16, 2012 Wahey got it out with some careful screwdriver work ... mechanism has jammed up again ... gonna try some heavier duty oil for the mechanism ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goz Posted December 16, 2012 Author Report Share Posted December 16, 2012 A total of 8 hours of work and much ballache later ... And I now have a working driver side window!! It'll probably all lock up again by tomorrow morning but what the hey ... I might even attempt the passenger side window next Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeoffD Posted December 16, 2012 Report Share Posted December 16, 2012 wahey! makes me wonder sometimes how we managed the man on the moon! good luck with your other window, yes you will need to practice at this!! they are a pain in the nads 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goz Posted December 16, 2012 Author Report Share Posted December 16, 2012 (edited) We managed the man on the moon by not cutting financial corners at every step I had a problem with my Diesel Turbo Ford Focus' gear changes ... turns out all the cables move within this small piece of crappy plastic and that had broken on one side putting gears 1, 3 & 5 out of action ... it would have cost them ... what? ... a fiver to have used a bit of machined metal over using plastic ... but they wanted to save money ... ****s.Still though ... 4,500 miles using zip ties as a fix can't be argued with too much Edited December 16, 2012 by Goz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.