[Healeys] Window Roll-up on BJ8

[wericars at aol.com]

Take a look at the window where it meets the frame and see if one or more of the three plastic guides is broken.? Brace the wondow at the base with a block of wood between the underside of the window and the bottom panel of the door.? Then disconnect the roll up mechanism.? With that disconnected, see if you can operate the crank through a complete up and down cycle.? Then see if you can lift the window in the frame by hand past the point where it is bound up.? If you can't , then the window is not running in the frame correctly.? If you can lift the window, but you can't turn the crank,?then you probably have a problem in your crank.? What if you can do both?? You may be able to lift the window? by hand because you are applying upward force in a way that avoids binding.? See if there is a lot of plan between the window and the frame.

In most cases, broken plastic runners is the culprit.


Bill
Boston area
65 BJ8


-----Original Message-----
From: Edward Keuer <edwjkeuer at comcast.net>
To: healeys at autox.team.net
Sent: Sat, 13 Oct 2007 11:00 pm
Subject: [Healeys] Window Roll-up on BJ8



Hi everyone,

My new old car has another problem: my driver window won't roll up.  
I've taken Steve's advice and pulled the handles off, then the  
leather interior panel...only broke one plastic escutcheon so far. It  
just snapped when I touched it - honest!

The window just won't go up at all. I can't lift it up or roll it up.  
The "crank" shaft seems just stuck, though there is a bit of play in  
it. What next, anyone? Remove those 7/16 bolts and try to get the  
whole assembly out? Any good printed guidance step by step that  
anyone knows of?

I wish the healey.org site had a reference library of all the tech  
articles - that would help! But you all have been terrific and many  
thanks for your kind and wise suggestions to a newbie like me.

Warm driving everyone - it's getting cold in Chicago!
Edw. J. Keuer
'66 BJ8
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