Hope your Christmas and New Years went well.
Wife got me lumps of coal (literally Butterfinger makes a candy called this)… thanks honey.
Driving through the light display the local city puts on we get to the end. Santa is handing out candy canes to kids that want them… so I roll down the back window and crunch. Wife asks what happened; I know in an instant… cable is done and we now have a cold ride home with a window stuck in the down position.
So I stopped by AutoZone (on the way home) and went in to ask for the regulator and motor combo to swap out when I get home. I get offered an ACI brand or Dorman. Well I can’t stand whor-man (they are ok for nuts and bolts but that’s about it…) so I gave the ACI combo unit a shot. I must say I am pleasantly surprised. ACI has a longer plug wire and feels heavier. The Dorman unit felt cheap in the store. Try it – hold them both in your hands… The store was going to have to order either one so I decided to save $25 and go with the ACI unit – glad I did.
Another example of why I run away from Dorman window motors/regulators is the inconsistency. Dorman will have the same part number on 2 boxes of different sizes. Seriously, go to the auto parts store and check out the inventory of combos. Even the picture on AutoZone’s website is different than the picture on Dorman’s site. Little things like these should be red flags.
In the end if I had been more liberal with the window track spray probably wouldn’t have been in this situation. Learn from me – lube those window tracks next service.
P. Heffcac
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