VT928

Lowered the windows and now both are stuck in the down position. I replaced the relay but no go they still will not function. Other than the relay what is there that would cause both to not function. I'm stumped is there something in one of the doors that impacts both sides of the car. Thanks in advance...

Paul 1980 Euro S Red/Blk Lea

Landseer

Fuse and fuse holder condition?

Fuse#21, 25A (blue)?

and its Relay VI, right ?

Mrmerlin

replace the fuse ,
and with the key on try pushing the fuse sideways with the switch pressed,
if the windows work this way then the fuse holder needs to be bent back to apply more force to the fuse blade

VT928

Thanks guys, checked the fuse it was ok, but found the lower contact point was funky. After cleaning it all is good, windows now working. I spent the better part of two hours cleaning the contact points on all of the fuses. Figured if I had one funky contact point there would be more. There was, well over half of the contact points were funky to very funky. After 31 years I guess it was to be expected.

Paul 1980 Euro S Red/blk Lea

Mrmerlin

they get funky due to the blower box seal leaking it might be a good time to investigate this look above the CE panel see if you can find any water drip tell tales,
if so then dropping the blower box and resealing it is a good idea, use 3M strip caulk found at the autobody supply store or NAPA

VT928

No evidence of any leaking water from the blower box, when I replaced the blower unit recently I made sure there were no leaks. Several years ago I would get water on my foot when driving due to what turned out to be a clogged drain in the AC, I understand that is a common problem. It might be possible that the dripping water impacted the footwells on both sides of the car and I never noticed it on the passenger side. I store the car every winter for 6 months and am thinking it relates to condensation due to numerous periods of cold moist air and freeze thaw cycles here in VT. I think I will put an inspection of the fuse contacts on my list of things to do when the car comes out of storage.

Thanks again for all the help

Paul 1980 Euro S Red/Blk Lea

depami

Please define “funky”. I had various problems a couple years ago on the red car because of “funky” fuses. There were no signs of moisture but most if not all of the fuses had what looked like the end caps were coated with ceramic. Some had barely noticeable “shiny contact rings” that allowed them to conduct. After a good cleaning of all contacts and some “adjusting” of the holders, all was well.

Thanks,

Denny

Maleficio

I like to saturate my CE with WD-40 here and there. Excellent preventive maintenance, along with stopping moisture intrusion by closing up the overhead like Merlin said.