'86 Cougar power window guide question April 23, 2013, 03:58:27 PM Hello - new guy here. Looks like plenty of info here, but I can't find what I'm looking for.On my '86 Cougar with power windows, when I roll the driver's side window down, it drops forward a bit. Then, when I roll it back up, if I don't grab the window and pull it toward the back of the car, it stays dropped forward and gets pen 15ed in the channel. I popped off the door panel, and this is what I found:Um, wow. It looks like the window is wobbling around on that vertical shaft or whatever it is called. Some enterprising "mechanic" did a real Mickey Mouse "repair" on the plastic guides? by wrapping a bunch of zipties around them. :shakehead Is there a better, not to mention cheap, fix for this? Thanks a lot for any help!Dave Quote Selected
'86 Cougar power window guide question Reply #1 – April 23, 2013, 07:19:19 PM MOAR ZIPTIEZZZZ!Just kidding. I don't have an answer, I just wanted to say that. Quote Selected
'86 Cougar power window guide question Reply #2 – April 23, 2013, 09:52:27 PM Looks like somebody needs a power window regulator. Quote Selected
Uh Uh Reply #3 – April 24, 2013, 12:43:59 AM You mean you gotta buy the whole regulator; you can't get the little plastic guide/bushings/whatever they are called? I don't think so, but thanks for the link. Quote Selected
'86 Cougar power window guide question Reply #4 – April 24, 2013, 09:55:41 PM No other choice here. YOU NEED A NEW REGULATOR Quote Selected
'86 Cougar power window guide question Reply #5 – April 24, 2013, 10:49:08 PM It's not like it's expensive, or even difficult. What the problem is? Quote Selected
"Fixed" Reply #6 – April 25, 2013, 01:13:16 AM There's no problem. I don't have the money, time, or inclination to put a new regulator in it right now. So, I continued the theme of bailing wire and chewing gum. I got some nylon cable clips at ACE and stuck 'em on there. Lubed everything up and it works great. For now. Thanks for the advice, everyone. Quote Selected
'86 Cougar power window guide question Reply #8 – April 25, 2013, 08:51:42 AM Now THAT'S ghetto. Quote Selected
'86 Cougar power window guide question Reply #9 – April 25, 2013, 09:14:19 AM That's Redneck actually. In the ghetto they just push their power windows up and down by hand after they fail. Quote Selected
'86 Cougar power window guide question Reply #10 – April 25, 2013, 09:57:42 AM When I said "MOAR ZIPTIEZZZ!" I was kidding Oh well, whatever works! Quote Selected
'86 Cougar power window guide question Reply #11 – April 25, 2013, 01:43:30 PM Wow...just wow. Here's your sign! Quote Selected
'86 Cougar power window guide question Reply #12 – April 25, 2013, 05:54:02 PM Quote from: B-17 Dave;413868There's no problem. I don't have the money, time, or inclination to put a new regulator in it right now. So, I continued the theme of bailing wire and chewing gum. I got some nylon cable clips at ACE and stuck 'em on there. Lubed everything up and it works great. For now. Thanks for the advice, everyone. That's how Washington is handling things too. Quote Selected
'86 Cougar power window guide question Reply #13 – April 25, 2013, 09:36:28 PM Hey, you gotta do what you gotta do sometimes. Is there a how-to on replacing the regulator here, for future reference? Quote Selected
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