Thanks to everyone for their help with my 60's non-functioning passenger side window. The problem ended up being pinched wires between the door and the body of the car. After I pulled back the rubber shield/cover that protects the wires when the door is opened I found three of the four wires pinched in half . A solder gun and some friction tape now has the window working great ! On a side note I noticed that the inside of the door was painted a grey color although the car itself is blue. Would the grey be a factory primer or does my car have a non original door on it?. I also found a shop rag inside the door cavity which tells me that at the least this door has been apart before.
Clay Smith 60 Custom 67 Crown Coupe
Clay, you got lots of other good responses, and maybe these answers were in there, but I'm going through 250 emails after being out for the weekend.
If that were my car, I'd go to the parts store and get spray on electrical contact cleaner.
Go after the plug on the motor/wiring harness in the door and then go after the switch contacts on the drivers side door. You'll be impressed at how it dissolves the tarnish and leaves nice, bright metal contacts.
Often when the master switch or the door switch stops working, the other will still operate the window.
It could be the switch mechanism, and they don't suffer much pressure before breaking the back that holds the spring and guts in, so encourage passengers to be light-fingered when using the window switches.
Be sure to get those plates back onto the rear of the switch firmly. Betcha it is/was a loose connection?
Please let us know what you figured out if you have not done so already....
-Kenyon fellow 196o fan
--- imperialman <imperialman@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:Greeting fellow imperialists
I need an opinion as to what is wrong with the passenger side window on my 60 Custom. A year ago the window worked fine either with the switch on the passenger door or with the drivers side master switch. The window then stopped working with the passenger door switch , but worked fine with the master switch. This year it doesn't work with either switch. After removing the door panel tonight I found an amazingly pristine inner door cavity,window motor ,wiring and well lubricated window track. With my fingers I rotated the motor shaft (which moved easily) and moved the window to the down position. I then tried the master switch again. The window shot up so fast that it startled me. Yet it won't go down unless I do it manually. So I guess my question is Can a window motor be bad in one direction only? Or do I have a wiring and or switches problem?. I searched the archives but didn't see any information pertaining to a window working in one direction only.
Thanks in advance Clay Smith 60 Custom 67 Crown Coupe
Kenyon Wills
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