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I purchased an R33 recently, and one of the problems with the car is that it has a broken drivers side power window, initially the previous owner said it was a problem with the window relay, but turns out that was just a loose terminal, but when myself and a friend removed it and tried a relay from an R32 it didn't achieve anything, all that happens now is the relay just clicks (old and new) when trying to wind the drivers side window up. my belief is either that the window mechanism itself is just locked up due to it being like that for an extended period of time, or that the motor for the window itself is ceased.

Also if someone knows a way of overriding the power window mechanism so that i might be able to leave the window in a permanently "up" state would work too.

I was wondering if anyone has experienced an issue similar to this, or if someone could recommend a good way of testing this. (trying to avoid removing the motor until i know it to be the case)

car is under lockup obviously as i wouldn't be leaving an r33 around with the window wide open :s

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I've had a window motor die which left me with the same symptoms.

to put the window off you just need to pull the wires that go to the motor off at their plug and apply 12v (from say a battery). if it doesnt go up swap the wire around. if it still doesnt go up your motor is dead.

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I've had a window motor die which left me with the same symptoms.

to put the window off you just need to pull the wires that go to the motor off at their plug and apply 12v (from say a battery). if it doesnt go up swap the wire around. if it still doesnt go up your motor is dead.

so essentially just bypass the relay and apply a 12v power source, im sorry to sound naive, but is there any specific point you think i should run the terminals off? or use a car battery just next to it and touch the terminals once they're connected to power it.

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