Window motors
Posted: Mon Apr 15, 2013 11:23 am
On my S4 Elan the window motors are slightly different in that one has a red plastic gearbox part and the other is yellow. Does this mean that the two units are different?
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William2 wrote:On my S4 Elan the window motors are slightly different in that one has a red plastic gearbox part and the other is yellow. Does this mean that the two units are different?
billwill wrote:Is the gearbox a Lotus addition, though, to the Ford motor?
billwill wrote:Without pulling the door panels off to check, I can't be sure but I think both my window motor gearboxes are black or dark brown.
worzel wrote:Just an update on my original question- the circuit I posted does work (my fault, I should have checked more carefully).
worzel wrote:On a related note, I know the motor works without an earth but on this car (a 72 sprint I've had since 1978) I assure other readers that the two door motors were/are earthed and the earth wires were definitely connected to an earthing point. I don't think the previous owner (the very first owner) was a "hands on" type of owner so I can only assume the car came with earth wires as std. I did notice however that in the 72 print works manual the wiring for a S4 does show an earth attached to the motor(s).