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Rear Door Window Glass: Adjustments



Door Glass Adjustment

Removal
1. Turn ignition key to position II and motor door glass to fully lowered position.
2. Turn ignition key to position 0.
3. Remove door switch pack and door casing and disconnect switchpack harness multiplug.
4. Remove door water shedders.
5. Reconnect door glass lift switch lead to glass regulator connector.
6. Remove door outer waist moulding.






7. Using a felt tip pen mark datum lines on glass.
Draw a horizontal line across glass 6 mm from the top edge on coupe or 9 mm down on convertible. Draw a parallel line 6 mm from glass leading edge.

Installation


WARNING: THE FOLLOWING STEPS NECESSITATE WORKING IN THE DOOR INTERIOR WITH THE POWER SUPPLIES CONNECTED. TO AVOID INADVERTENT GLASS OPERATION AND POSSIBLE INJURY, NO OTHER WORK MUST BE CARRIED OUT SIMULTANEOUSLY.







1. Turn ignition key to position II and motor door glass up until top edge is just below upper seal.







2. Adjust gap between glass and outer waist rail flange.
Slacken rear guide upper securing screw.
Move guide to achieve a gap of 9 mm and tighten securing screw.







3. Using guide runner lower adjusters, laterally align glass top edge with the upper seal.







4. Remove tape from access hole in PVC secondary water shedder and slacken glass regulator stop adjuster bolt.







5. Motor door glass further up until the horizontal datum line aligns with the upper seal.







6. Move glass regulator stop to abut quadrant and tighten adjuster bolt.
7. Motor door glass to fully up position, measure any lift adjustment required and re-mark glass in that position.
8. Motor glass to partially lowered position.







9. Slacken glass regulator stop adjuster bolt, move stop required amount and tighten bolt.







10. Motor door glass to fully raised position and check glass seating in upper seal.
11. Repeat operations 14 to 17 as necessary, until door glass seats satisfactorily in upper seal.







12. With glass in fully raised position, slacken door waist adjuster lock nuts and hand screw adjusters in until they abut the door glass stops.







13. Adjust gap for parallelism between rear edge of door glass and front edge of quarter light.
Slacken glass lift regulator channel adjuster lock nut.
Move channel to achieve a parallel gap of 8 mm on coupe model, 11 mm on convertible.+
Tighten lock nut.
14. Motor door glass fully down and fully up and check all gaps and alignments.
15. Turn ignition key to position O.+
16. Disconnect and remove door glass lift switch.
17. Thoroughly clean door glass, removing datum marker lines.
18. Fit door outer waist moulding.
19. Fit new tape to access hole in PVC secondary water shedder
20. Fit water shedders.
21. Fit door switchpack to door casing, connect multiplug and fit casing.