The Project Pad

Ok, from start to finish from memory so I hope I do t miss something. Also keep in mind my memory sucks from working the graves, I could be wrong about a few things. It's been years since I was in my doors.

Start by lossening the three Allen bolts on the armrest. They don't come out of the assy. Then pull the upper part of the armrest out straight sliding the switch assy out of the grip. Next detach switch assy. Then unscrew the Phillips head screws holding the metal brackets the grip assy attached to. One screw on the rear of the door card as well. Pull the inside door handle lever and remove the screw inside the hole. Slide doorhandle forward about 1/4 inch to release from slots and wiggle it out of doorcard. Take a picture if you want to of how the door latch cable hooks to the handle for replacing it back together correctly. Pop clip from off of cable/handle, pop cable out of cradle and remove. At this time you should be able to slide doorcard up about an inch and out while feeding electrical through the hole. This will be harder to install as you need to feed the doorlock rod as you set it back on all the hooks and sliding it back down into its locked position. Don't forget to feed the wires back through before you do or you will be getting lots of practice taking it off and putting it back on.

You are now at the cradle assy. I can't remember if it has plastic on it or not so you will find out. Now, the doorcard has all these rubber things in all the holes for the doorcard hooks. You will want to put them back in when you reassemble for quiet and a solid feel. This is where you position the window and unbolt it from the regulator. You can unbolt the whole cradle from the outer shell of the door with the window still installed, but if you do, map out where and how many shims you take out of each bolt. Also the wiring is attached to the inner frame and you will have to deal with that as well. I'm pretty sure I remember you can leave the cradle unmolested and remove the regulator alone. This is best. So, unbolt window from regulator when you get it at the right height to access the bolts. Remove window. I'm pretty sure unmolested regulators are riveted in, so you may need to drill out the rivets to remove it. If its bolts, unbolt it. 3 on the motor, then the reg. Weasle the motor and reg out of the door and unplug motor from electrical connector. You can unbolt the motor from regulator, three screws I think.

Reassembly is just in reverse with a few exceptions. Once the motor and regulator is back in and plugged in, you will need to temporarily attach the drivers door switch and connector to set the regulator to the right hight to install the window again. Once all is bolted up before you replace the doorcard, make sure the window is adjusted to the right height so it will nest itself properly when you close the door. Careful you don't break the window by slamming the door closed with it misadjusted. It may take a few try's to get it just right. Be patient. It's only a car. No throwing tantrums! Replace the rubber thingys in all the hole/slots. Hold the doorcard up to the door and feed the wiring through. Then contort your hand and feed the lock rod just into the hole. It may help to unscrew the cap 90% to give you more length for easier install. Then seat the doorcard in all the slots and slide down. This is best accomplished with the window rolled down fyi. The rest is fairly simple and I went over it already anyway. I hope this helps you where you are stuck.

Kuma
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Does the spare door have glass in it? IF so, just take the entire assembly out of both doors (frame, glass, regulator), should be 4 bolts... put the good one on the car and you're done. Well, there will be some adjusting to get the glass to fit into the body seal, but much easier than removing just the regulator.

The glass is broken in the spare door.

Yes, bolt your glass in the spare frame. Keep shims where they belong and adjust glass hight if need be. That's your easiest avenue.

But the spare door is black.

Kuma85 wrote:But the spare door is black.

When he said "frame" he didn't mean the whole door, he meant the bare metal frame that everything window related is attached to. It's held to the door shell by 4 bolts. Those 4 bolts offer adjustability to the frame so that you can get the location correct so that the glass seals against the body properly.

Take the frames off both door shells.

Remove the glass from your frame and install it into the spare frame, keeping the shims in the same locations.

Reinstall the spare frame with your glass onto your door shell and level so that the glass meets the body properly.

Reinstall door card.

Done.

Oooooooooh, got it. Looks like I'll have to do it after I get time during my work day. Working a new job! It's fun.

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That's great! Thanks so much. My boss just signed on with World Pac(sp?). So maybe I can get some for a good price.

Trying to swap doors. How do I remove the mirror?

fold them towards the rear of the car.
2 alan bolts inside (later model has torx)

It's stuck, won't trim!!!! Guh

Push harder

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