Re: 1940 front door window mechanism

Posted by Joe Santana On 2011/7/10 0:14:32

I spent 3 more hours trying to figure this out. Nothing works, even when loose as a goose.

The wheel that rides in the channel of the window that's on the end of the shorter end of the secondary pivoting arm should be in the same plane as the wheel on the primary arm.

They need to be facing the same direction, toward the outside of the door and fit into the window channel at the same level when the longer end of the secondary arm is in the fixed channel on the inside of the door.

The primary arm has to pass from the top of the door when the window is raised, past the channel with the longer end of the secondary arm in it, to the bottom where the support for the vertical channel comes across.

Whatever it is that attaches the arms positions the wheels in the same plane and keeps the secondary arm pivoting in a way that allows the primary arm to travel that distance.

It took patented engineering genius to design it. For me it's a nightmare. I missed my cousin's wedding in St Helena, my son and daughter-in-law's 5th anniversary party in Santa Cruz, probably the local concours on the 17th because of this. No windows, no doors, no car.

The only solution is the actual part(s).