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Posted By Discussion Topic: Passenger Door Window -- page: 1 2     sarahcecelia 09-12-2020 @ 10:49 AM reply profile send p.m. Senior Posts: 1183 Joined: Mar 2013 Can anybody tell me why, when I close the door hard enough for it to latch securely, the window goes down about 3/8ths of an inch? I have an idea that it might be a little play in the regulator, or that the felt window channels need to be replaced; but they look like new. I'd like to get some ideas about what to look for, before I take the door panel off to try to see what it is. I roll the window back up, and if I close the door, just to the point BEFORE it latches, and then just PUSH ON IT , HARD ENOUGH TO MAKE IT LATCH, the glass won't drop; but if I "Swing it shut," like one normally does, the glass drops down again!! ( In other words, I can't close it like a normal person would!) Regards, Steve Lee This message was edited by sarahcecelia on 9-12-20 @ 10:56 AM 1931 Flamingo 09-12-2020 @ 3:53 PM reply profile send p.m. Member Posts: 387 Joined: Nov 2019 Most likely a weak spring in the regulator. Paul in CT mfirth 09-12-2020 @ 3:58 PM reply profile send p.m. Member Posts: 207 Joined: Nov 2017 Hi Steve. What year & model. I did life cycle & strength tests on Ford w/r assemblies in the 70s & 80s and the condition you describe would indicate a bad "clutch assy". I've had a few early V8 cars, but never had a problem & am not familiar with those w/r assys. I'll bet they a very simular. therunwaybehind 09-13-2020 @ 3:11 AM reply profile send p.m. New Member Posts: 180 Joined: May 2019 Your problem is with folks who think you are overly "nice." True Ford riders after the 1956 Lifeguard design know that you have to "slam" the door to get the rotary door lock to latch. Thus each time one of these proprietary and narcissistic riders goes with you, you have to replace the glass if there is any wear at all in the felts. You as a safe and sane driver have everything in the window regulator and positioning like new and have no need for shoulder harnesses and crushable front clips or even a deep dish steering wheel and pop out windshield. Do you fear your engine will not be deflected downward by hardened floor boards and penetrate the passenger compartment so you have owned a van with the engine "right there?" Are you worried that the pump at the station is not working because it has a vapor recirculation and even your gas cap vents to a charcoal cannister? Do secret service agents come to visit you to see if you know about the azides in your air bag. Poetry is the cure. Place it at all four winds about ten feet above the surface. sarahcecelia 09-13-2020 @ 6:07 AM reply profile send p.m. Senior Posts: 1183 Joined: Mar 2013 Window problem is on a 1950, Tudor sedan. Regards, Steve Lee This message was edited by sarahcecelia on 9-13-20 @ 6:08 AM sarahcecelia 09-13-2020 @ 6:10 AM reply profile send p.m. Senior Posts: 1183 Joined: Mar 2013 it's a 1950 sedan. Regards, Steve Lee sarahcecelia 09-13-2020 @ 6:14 AM reply profile send p.m. Senior Posts: 1183 Joined: Mar 2013 What the He?? are you talking about!!??? Regards, Steve Lee therunwaybehind 09-13-2020 @ 8:13 AM reply profile send p.m. New Member Posts: 180 Joined: May 2019 I'm talking about a 1948 Ford Sedan coupe right door as treated by University of Michigan students who had parents with newer Fords from after 1956. Being hyper focused on whether a car is 1950 or 1948 would be called parochial where I come from though later folks would see it as proprietary when they wanted to sell theirs. I appreciate that some folks do not know all the Ford products through the years and know nothing about Ralph Nader or the CARB regulations that made cars undriveable until catalytic converters were "perfected" by fuel injection and variable valve timing. It was the phrase "close the door hard" that I hoped to support you on. therunwaybehind 09-13-2020 @ 8:18 AM reply profile send p.m. New Member Posts: 180 Joined: May 2019 The secret sauce of four directions and ten feet tall is an oblique reference to Confucius and the sensitivity of poetry at veteran's internment ceremonies. Where you been red rider, did you miss the recall of that fragmentation grenade in front of your chest? Not a problem in 1950 Fords. Be thankful. kubes40 09-13-2020 @ 9:02 AM reply profile send p.m. Senior Posts: 3395 Joined: Oct 2009 Wow! This thread has gotten way out of hand. I think two of you boys need to sit a corner for a time out. How about we try our best to help each other? Mike "Kube" Kubarth

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