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My other car, a 1992 Chevy Lumina APV (minivan) is having problems with the driver's side window. It goes down ok, but has pretty much stopped going up on its own. I need to "help" it to get it to close. I've never replaced a motor/regulator, but I'm guessing doing so would fix my problem.

So I took the door panel off tonight, but after that I'm kind of lost. I see the assembly is held in by rivets. So I need to drill those out, and then I imagine I need to disconnect something from the window itself, too? Then take it all out, and swap the new unit in? Do the new units come with bolts and nuts? I've read somewhere that you should use rivets, as the area is just too small to get bolts/nuts into. But I don't have any rivet equipment, and have never really messed with rivets ever.

Also, I don't see any cables, so I'm guessing this might be the "scissors" style, which I've read is very dangerous and you can cut your fingers off?

So I guess I'm just looking for tips and guidance, and if anyone knows of a "how to" somewhere with pictures, that would be wonderful. I'll post some pictures of what my door looks like in case thats of any help.

-thanks

Your pictures dont show the motor or regualtor very well, but here is some general information.

Typically, the window is held on to the lifting device( scissor. cable what have you) by a couple of bolts that go through the lower portion of the glass in the window. If you can get those out ( sometimes this is a real PITA) you can work the window glass itself out of the door panel. This helps ALOT!

Now, with some room to move around and not having to worry about breaking glass, you can get to work. You will have to drill out those rivets. You are sorta the only one who can decide if there is enough room to work some bolts and nuts back through there, but that would be the easiest route of re-attaching the motor. In my experience, new motors don't come with new mounting hardware. They dont usually come with the regulator equipment either.

So, make sure you sort out if its the motor or the regulator. Both cost money..but both are probably available at the bone yard for cheaper.

If you can post some better pictures of your motor/winow/regualtor that would be helpful, but I know that is a tight spot to get a camera into.