Fixing the Rolling Stone's Windows

One of the things holding up our attempts to repair the Astro was that when we started to use the Rolling Stone as our temporary transportation, we discovered two problems, both with the windows. The driver's side window would not roll up or down. That wasn't a show stopper. The passenger window, however, would only roll down and not go back up again. We were able to push it back into place temporarily, but it appeared that the power window regulator (the part the makes the window go up and down) was in trouble. We did a bit of searching, and to our surprise we found an exact match for our precise year, chassis, and model of vehicle, and it was even for the Chinook RV conversion. If you're curious, here's the video:

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Watching this video made us feel much better, as Lisa was sure she could make this repair.

The doors on the RV have a whole lot of fiddly bits on them, and you have to take everything off to get down to the bare metal of the E350 that Ford sold to Chinook for the RV conversion. After taking off the large number of screws, caps, molding, speaker brackets, etc., Lisa finally was able to get at the nuts that hold the regulator motor in place. With me holding on to the window to pull it up while she worked on it, she was able to get the motor loose, and we set it out on some papers (misprinted signs from Pemmi-Con, as it happens) to take apart the regulator.

( What a Mess )