Horrible Memorial weekend start...window cable broke.

by **michaels artic frost** » Sat May 24, 2008 9:21 pm

Make a long story short, taking the family to Ohio for some shopping and got a ticket for speeding (that's two years in a row for Ohio now...sheesh)

Then, we arrived at the outlet and I dropped my driver-side window and I hear this clank after the window was all the way down, freaking cable broke and window wouldn't row up, had no tools and lucky had my trusty pocket knife and managed to remove door panel and managed to rig it to stay up so we could go shopping, sheesh.

Talking bout some bad luck.

Now, I'm not sure if they'll be able to fix it by next weekend for the Columbus event.

-M

by **[SMAN]** » Sat May 24, 2008 9:50 pm

The service manual gives you step by step on how to fix it, if they can't i'm sure you can have it done in time

by **PhreakdOut** » Sat May 24, 2008 9:51 pm

Hang in there Mike!

It's frustrating but should be easy to fix for next weekend. Keep us posted. Don't break anything through frustration. LOL

by **woa_its_j3ff** » Sat May 24, 2008 10:22 pm

well at least you wont have to wait a whole half year to fix mine. mine fell down actually on christmas eve when i was taking my girlfriend to dinner... yeah .... that SUCKED.

by **QuickSEV6** » Sat May 24, 2008 10:52 pm

A number of years ago, I used to be a truck driver.

Truck drivers normally hate driving through Ohio. The police are notorious and the speed limit is WAY too low.

by **Mole** » Sun May 25, 2008 1:44 am

ouch. you should go to a different ohio.

by **michaels artic frost** » Sun May 25, 2008 6:22 am

Mole wrote:ouch. you should go to a different ohio.

^^LOL^^ Both my tickets were during holidays too (note to self: do not travel to Ohio during holiday weekends...lol)

I'm glad to see others can relate. I'll try to see what needs to be ordered and go from there.

by **PhreakdOut** » Sun May 25, 2008 6:30 am

Usually you can't speed on I-75 in Ohio. For some reason. Ohio drivers do not respect the left lane rule. So they putz along at 64 mph for miles trying to pass a truck going 63 mph. No chance of getting a ticket with all the slow drivers.

by **BadAngel** » Sun May 25, 2008 7:25 am

radar detector

.... Or is Ohio one of those states that doesn't allow them... Stupid state laws...

by **PXLpainter** » Sun May 25, 2008 9:39 am

Sorry to hear Michael - hope it gets better for you!

And yes -legal or not, a radar detector helps tons! Get a stealthy install of a V-1 or something. :up:

by **tacti** » Sun May 25, 2008 11:02 am

sorry to here that.
let me know if you need any help.
if you could get the parts. you can comedown on friday night, work on your car and then go to columbus on saturday.

Tact

by **Jon11582** » Sun May 25, 2008 2:25 pm

This happened to me last summer. I opened my door and my window came sliding down and wouldnt roll back up. Snapped cable. Don't know about you gen2'ers, but for gen1, it was pretty easy to fix, but the part for me was on-order only (Window Regulator) so you have to rig it so it stays up for a while (I used my trusty friend the 2x4, wedged inside the window panel

Its definitely fixable by yourself if you have a little DIYer in you. If not, its about 2 hours of labor at any mechanic.

And if you do it yourself, a little tip for when I did it. Do NOT take the circular cable spindle out of the white plastic cage without putting it on the window motor. You want to shove the entire spindle with the cage onto the existing window motor because the cage keeps the circle centered. If you take it off without putting it on the motor, its very difficult to get back on.

by **crispone** » Wed May 28, 2008 3:20 pm

Mike,

Good to chat today! Sorry on the "still uncertain" status with the repair!

Yeah... driving in the Buckeye on MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND is just BEGGING for a ticket! They are NOTORIOUS for picking people off on this past weekend. I had my LAST ticket on Memorial Day weekend here in the O-H as WELL! (Some may recall... it was the day the SUPRA ran again for the first time in FIVE+ years! COULDN'T HELP MYSELF!)

Personally, I use a V1, and have for over a dozen years. BEST units made, after trying MANY other brands. UNFORTUNATELY, it wasn't in the SUPRA last M-Day!

Anyway... I'm EXPECTING you will figure something out for the meet!

G/L.

-crisp :evilbat:

by **michaels artic frost** » Wed May 28, 2008 4:03 pm

The gen 2 window regular and motor is all one unit, therefore costing $470 for the part from the dealership. I'm trying to find an alternative route, but have not had much luck.

My last shot is tomorrow, I'm hoping the one I got is in good working condition; the first one was slightly bent causing it not to want to roll back up once the mechanic had everything tighten.

I'd do it myself as well, but having to watch both of my 2 and 3 year old daughters are tough.

I didn't mind for toyota to do the work seeing how I too would have ran into the same problems they did, I'm just praying for this to be fixed tomorrow. If my memory serves me correctly, estimated time for window regulator was bout 1 1/2 hours.

I've been looking forward to this meet for some time now...when it rains...it pours...

by **BadAngel** » Wed May 28, 2008 7:59 pm

PXLpainter wrote:Sorry to hear Michael - hope it gets better for you!

And yes -legal or not, a radar detector helps tons! Get a stealthy install of a V-1 or something.

yupp >.> the valentine V-1 saved me many-a ticket

Horrible Memorial weekend start...window cable broke.

Horrible Memorial weekend start...window cable broke.

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