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I'm sure you've seen it in the Service Manual, but on page 15 of the Body section it shows adjustment points for the rear quarter window. My driver's side was binding pretty bad at about the same point yours is. The stop screws on the main pivot bracket won't do much to help it. Those only control up limit and down limit. I had success by messing with the adjusting screws on the door jamb. With those I was able to get it so there is no ore binding at all. Works great now.

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Good to hear. Do you have enough of the other trim stuff involved with the windows finished and installed to tell if the new motor is going to strain like the originals do when raising the window. The least little bind in the channel or with much pressure on any of the fuzzies and the old motors seemed to struggle on the quarter windows.

Howard

The new motors in the front two windows are working great.
I am even surprised myself, to be honest.
At first, I was running the power from the Painless fuse box but was having a problem blowing a fuse.
Then a few days ago I moved the line to the original power window relay along with the power seat and I am no longer having problems.

Stewart

Headliner trim still has to go on

Then the 1/4 window stainless. Then inside that is the retainer with felt

Also. On the backside of stainless. Packard used I think window setting tape. And doubled it up.

Because it's not a true arc.

The fun hasn't started yet.

I left mine for now. I don't drive in the rain..

I tried installing only the rear window on the drivers side yesterday.
Like the first window it would not go all the way up.

It is not rubbing against the roof line like the first window but it would stop so suddenly that it had to be hitting something.
After a few minutes of trying to get a better look at what is going on inside the door I notice that the bottom frame of the glass was catching on the wire clips used to hold the outer stainless trim in place.

I trimmed off a little of those clips with my Dremel and the window moves much better now. It still needs about an other inch of movement to be complete but its much closer then the first window. I'll go back and check those clips on the first side later.

Also I have all the stainless and the rubber strip that goes the stainless stim and the roof line. The fuzzies for the rear window are currently being rebuilt by Rubber The Right Way. At least I hope it is being rebuilt. I sent it to them and I know they received it but I have not heard anything from them in a month now.

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I would be very interested is how the rear quarter window channel fuzzies work out from RTRW

I will post information about that fuzzy when I hear from them. I may give them a call next week.

I found what was stopping the drivers side window from going up that last inch or so.
You can barely see it in the fist image.
The bolt head for the upper track adjustment is catching on the slide at the end of that window.

I am now wondering if I have the correct right and left windows in place.
The second image shows how the window is connected to the track on the drivers side.
You can see that I have the window on the outside of the track.
Should the window be on the inside of the track?

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I think you have the correct window on the correct side of the car. I'm looking at the leading edge weatherstrip and yours is correct. I'm not sure about the track position. I'm going through pictures of mine to see if I captured that at all. Mine is all closed up now.

I concur that you are both correct. see photos






left window is on the bottom

I am just not happy with the carpet that I received from Stock Interiors and it is way too late to return or complain about it.

It fits poorly, is missing that narrow centerpiece and is just cheap carpeting.


I need another source.
Who have you had luck with?