Miata Mailing List: February 1996, Message #64
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   From: Marc Gorelick 
Subject: Re: Yippeee   NOT
   Date: Fri, 2 Feb 1996 08:36:28 -0500

At 04:52 AM 2/2/96 -0500, Fletcher Blades wrote:
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>--Boundary (ID PEZfahDbAAHaaXwzfqr1Kw)
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>Well,
>Just six hours after taking ownership of my '90 MX-5, the drivers side
>window jammed. It wont wind down more than three inches (manual
>winder, not electric). and now the window rattles when going over
>bumps.  (it had worked several times earlier in the day)
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>I will be removing the door liner this weekend, and hopefully the
>problem will be obvious. I just thought I'd fish for some net advice
>or experience, so as not to re-invent the wheel.
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>Any help, advice, funny comments, abuse, etc.  gratefully received.
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>AtDhVaAnNkCsE        (thats - thanks in advance)
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>Fletch.
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>--Boundary (ID PEZfahDbAAHaaXwzfqr1Kw)--
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Hi, everyone! Now that my car is stored safe and cozy for the winter, I have
time to read this list again...So, 


In case 10,000 other people haven't already replied to this message directly:

(I'm posting this to the list for other folks who might be new to to the
list or simply haven't heard of this one before)

This is a simple problem to solve. When you take the door panel apart
(including peeling back the clear plastic liner, which is held on by lots of
icky stuff that looks like tar), you'll find that a cable has popped off a
clip in the door. This cable has a technical name that I have completely
forgotten but I am sure that it could be found on the most excellent
Miata.net web pages. In any case, this cable prevents the window from
travelling down more than a few inches when it has become detached from the
clip that holds it. 

It can be snapped back into place rather easily, but a more permanent fix is
to cable-tie it into place. Of course, I am too lazy to do this because it
means taking the door further apart and this only happens to me about once a
year...so I just fix it and resolve not to wind the window up so hard next time!
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|     Marc Gorelick                          PMH Caramanning, Inc.   |
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