New Window Cables: I GIVE UP!!!

Good luck. I'm hoping you meet with success. Makes me think my windows really aren't that slow as they are after all.

 

As does the 328.

 

+1 They always work for me. I'm never in that much of a hurry when driving the 308 that an extra 5 seconds hurts.

 

Wait until they stop working.

 

QUESTION:
Do the motors have a limited number of rotations in one direction? Do they turn say, 5 revolutions in one way or the other or do they keep turning when pressed up or down?

The reason I ask (and of course I have no clue), Can you spool up some cable, then run the other end through the pulley's and connect to the window and then just spool up the slack? Not sure why the length must be so spot on.

Good luck Dr K, I hope you get them working correctly.

 

Can the 328 window motor track be put into the 308?

Perhaps its time for me or someone else to find a cheap donor car and make a kit to retrofit say a miata/rx7/944/928/etc track and motor to the 308. I bet it would just require a specialty bracket on the glass end and a specialty bracket on the motor end. Machine in a top and bottom, and done. Sell it for $150/side.

BTW, the relay fix resolved my window speed issue. If I burn the motors out I'll deal with this crazy cable system then, or update to something modern.

 

BMW E46 looks like a nice candidate... Window mechanisms pop up for around $50 per side on ebay (http://www.ebay.com/itm/BMW-3-Series-E46-Front-Power-Window-Regulator-w-Motor-Passenger-Side-Right-RH-/130961866412?pt=Motors_Car_Truck_Parts_Accessories&hash=item1e7def7eac&vxp=mtr)

Having both a properly working E46 and a GT4 with crappy window response, I'll look into this
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Hate to say this, but did you need to replace the cable? Did it break? One of the things I dont like about Birdman's tutorial is that step 1 (if I recall) was "cut the cable."
I took mine apart (to fix the "grease hard as a rock" issue. I took copious notes, drew diagrams, did NOT cut the cable, and it was a PITA, but not impossible. My feeling is that installing a new cable unless it is broekn or frayed is an necessary task that multiplies the complexity of the job.
The one thing I would say to do in this situation is connect the window to the cables LAST. I ran the cables (be very careful about how and where they cross over as already stated), then run the window switch up and down a bunch of times, ending at "window fully down." Then install the window, dropping it down onto the rubber bumpers. Connect the window to the cables. Then check it goes all the way up...

 

It wont work that way. wind it 3 times around the spool so you have a cable that's too long and then run the motor while keeping tension on the cable.