Re: IML: '66 Imperial Electrical Question

["Dave" <Wilkerbeast01@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Yes, and make sure they have the SWTCH grounded upstream, not the motor

David C. Wilker Jr. USAF (RET)
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "TomChoice" <tcsibor@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Wednesday, February 23, 2005 10:47 AM
Subject: RE: IML: '66 Imperial Electrical Question


> Elijah,
>
> I am not sure of that particular model, but normally, you do not ground 
> the
> motor. The switch does the grounding, so that the positive and negative
> (ground) can be reversed to allow the motor the up and down movement.It is 
> a
> DC motor, so reversing polarity reverses the direction.  It sounds like 
> they
> may have the wires to the switch and motors confused somewhat. Ask them 
> what
> the motor does if they connect the power directly to the motor wires and
> then reverse the leads to the motor wires.
>
> Tom
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: mailing-list-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:mailing-list-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Elijah Scott
> Sent: Wednesday, February 23, 2005 10:33 AM
> To: Imperial Mailing List
> Subject: IML: '66 Imperial Electrical Question
>
>
> Hi Folks,
>
> Yesterday, I spoke on the phone with a repair shop in
> Texas that is working on a '66 Imperial.  The car was
> evidently in a fire, but the owner is restoring it.  I
> had rebuilt all the power window switches for the car,
> but the repair shop is still having some problems
> getting the power windows to work.
>
> As best I can understand the situation from our
> conversation, the windows will only work when a ground
> wire is attached to a window motor and run to the
> body.  But when this is done, the window will only go
> down, not up.  The shop has a copy of the schematic
> from the '66 shop manual, but it appears to be for the
> Chrysler line, and is not the same as the Imperial
> wiring.
>
> Anyone have any ideas on this one?
>
> Thanks!
>
> Elijah
>
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