hey im new, blonde and have an issue with my mk3

[harlemex]

hia, thanks for the fast reply its a 4 dr

Its surprising how quick some respond when they hear you are female and blonde. If you were male fat and ginger you would never get a reply. 

[trog_nfs]

right i tried that, DS went down, and i could hear motor noise from the drivers rear side, but window didnt move

Sounds like the switch needs cleaning for you're drivers side window if it works freely on the key.

D/S rear you need to take the door card off and see if the window is sat properly in its mechanism and can move freely. Although the noise you heard could have been the vacuum pump.

No other windows twitched at all?

Check there is power to all the motors would be my next step.

[shelaghmk3gti]

i am fat and ginger but shhh i want this car fixed! 

right got all the door cards off again, on the passenger side, the scart lead thing was off< re attched it, but my god its groaning! wont open more than about 3 inches either 
 back door (os) is only attempting to make any noise (clik)off the switch on the dash   
driverside rear is making no noises at all.. think the noise i heard earlier was the locking mec  :embarassed: 
       
shelagh x

[shelaghmk3gti]

ok so im done in for one day, have put everything back together

window switch on DS upside down!  locking motor going nuts in the boot and the back doors wont lock!

ah well, just hope my battery lasts the night
shelagh x

[Gavv8]

This all sounds like some botched alarm wiring.

[shelaghmk3gti]

no idea but im really pi$$ed about it

gonna disconnect the OS window again tomorrow and see if all goes back to 'normal'

[shelaghmk3gti]

just had a thought, if this is going to be a major job, how easy would it be to convert the window to manual winders?

[snifferdog]

just had a thought, if this is going to be a major job, how easy would it be to convert the window to manual winders?

Very easy! Just need to drill a little hole in the door card for the winder to poke through!

You will need to buy the manual winder units though, although they are alot cheaper than the leccy jobs.

I considered doing this a few times.

[Gavv8]

If its a choice between sorting out someone elses shonky wiring and going to manual winders to keep the car on the road, i'd go for arm power anytime.

[shelaghmk3gti]

OMG!! cheers, you've made my bloody day!!
no doubt i can get these at the scrappy!
everyone loves leccy but sheesh im done in from pissin about with them, i hope to have the car for a good few yrs to come, and 'winding'wont bother me
 thanks again sir x

gavv too right! i dont have an issue looking cheap