Refurbishing the window regulator...just gave up.
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Man oh man how much time I put into it and then just gave up. I tried to fix a rattle in the door. I opened up the panels, put some grease the first time thinking it would dampen the noise. Closed it all back up, and the rattle persists. Opened it up a second time this weekend, pulled the whole regulator out and bought a drill to dig the rivets out. After going through four sets of generic plastic rollers from Home Depot and using a high speed drill to get them to the right size to fit I just give up. Porsche you win, I will buy a whole new regulator because I cannot replicate your stupid rivet design.
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I spent over 100 dollars in a drill, metallic bits, rollers etc.... For 55 dollars I got a used regulator from DC Automotive.
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I spent over 100 dollars in a drill, metallic bits, rollers etc.... For 55 dollars I got a used regulator from DC Automotive.
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Oshin, sometimes you just have to except the fact that the pros like Droops, Pete, Steve, and a long, long, long, list of others know what they are talking about. Sometimes us new guys just gotta do as instructed and let the car win. I spent a fortune in various tools yesterday to do a very simple job that a pro could have done in 20 minutes with a 20 year old tool that came with the car. Ya gotta listen to the pros.
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In reference to your rattle problem. I use to drive an old VW (another german wonder) and I found a great, cheap, and effective way to deal with rattles, squeaks, and other odd noises:
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Jokes aside I feel your pain in not being able to fix the problem yourself and having to buy a new part. I feel the pain of defeat with you. Don't worry, you'll win the next one. And from reading your other posts it's not Porsche 1 Oshin 0, it's more like Porsche 1 Oshin 23.
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Jokes aside I feel your pain in not being able to fix the problem yourself and having to buy a new part. I feel the pain of defeat with you. Don't worry, you'll win the next one. And from reading your other posts it's not Porsche 1 Oshin 0, it's more like Porsche 1 Oshin 23.
Cheers!
-matt
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Its ok I dont mind buying the used part, it just would have been cool to have found a way to easily refurbish it and have shared the new-found knowledge with everyone here. I hate rivets with a passion now haha. I guess I will keep the old regulator in the case that something else on the regulator fails. I was able to get the car out for a drive a few days ago, it was glorious
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For the last 24hrs I couldn't even get my honda physically out into the street. Damn you and your nice weather. I better hope you enjoy it for the rest of us.
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Oshin, I haven't been reading this stuff much lately, I probably would've said don't even bother trying to fix the regulator just get a new one. But, sometimes it's best to learn the hard way!
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By new one do you mean NEW one or just another used one? New ones are 220.00 USD from the dealer. Used ones are 65.00 from DC Auto.
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