Miata Mailing List: July 1994, Message #43
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   From: a.mccombs3@genie.geis.com
Subject: Re: Rightdoor-window-problem
   Date: Mon, 4 Jul 1994 20:56:33 -0400

Dunno if early Datsun Z-Cars have similar window mechanisms to Miatas, but I
once had a misalignment problem with a door window in our Z car.  Took it to
the "professionals" (an independent shop with many years of experience with
early Datsuns) to check it out, along with some other problems.  They said
they couldn't adjust it; it needed a new regulator.  A few weekends later, I
was fiddling with the car, trying to sort out some of the things they said
they couldn't fix, or cost too much, or whatever.  Pulled the inner door
panel off and started fiddling with the regulator.  Loosened up all the
screws that held it in place, rolled up the window all the way, whereupon
the whole regulator and window said "clunk" and shifted a bit to the proper
alignment in the window frame.  Tightened the screws, and have had no
problems with it since.
 
>From the description, I gather the Miata window problem is a different one,
so the above is not going to be an exact prescription for a fix.
Nevertheless, there seems to be a mindset today that the only way to fix
things is to remove the old unit and replace with a new one - even though
there's adjustment built in somewhere to solve the problem.  If it were my
Miata, I think I'd look further at adjusting the problem away, although the
dealer might be right about the remove and replace concept.
                                                                --Jack M.--