The drivers door window stopped working for some reason. So was it the motor or switch. In one case I had to remove the door panel and cover and the other I needed to remove the seat so I could take off the console side panel to get at the switch. A 50/50 chance that I didn’t want to take and end up doing both.
Fortunately there is a connector for the power windows under the dash
The following photos are poor – apologies. I ran a lead from the + battery terminal and connected it to the shaft of a one time screwdriver that I had shaped into an awl. I touched each side of the power window motor lead and the window went up and down OK. So I only had to remove and replace the kick panel to check the motor out.
So the problem was in the switch – if it was getting power. I removed the seat and console side panel. I then removed three screws on the left side of the console cover. I used a block of wood to prop up the panel a bit to make it easier to get at the switch. I didn’t want to remove the whole cover if possible.
I could just get at the screws holding the switch. Unfortunately the rear screw boss broke off – I must have over tightened the screw when I last had the console apart. Bummer.
I first bench tested the switch and it showed that it was working. So I just plugged it back in the the circuit and darned if it didn’t work OK. So I added a blob of epoxy to the remains of the rear screw boss and put it all back together. I’ve ordered a new console cover and when it comes in I’ll overhaul the switch before reinstalling it – many of the switches on early vehicles are purely mechanical and can, with care, be disassembled, cleaned and put back in the car.
This is the passenger switch that I replaced earlier. I opened it up by carefully bending out the pot metal tabs just enough to wiggle out the bottom plate. I cleaned the contacts and put a new piece of plastic in place (the plastic keeps dust and dirt that gets by the switch toggle from getting into the switch contacts). Once done I reassembled it and bent back the tabs. The tabs being pot metal will likely break off if I try to open it up again. Still I should be able to use some epoxy to hold the switch together next time.