Sep 04 2007
Oh Me Power Windows!
Almost a year ago (one week shy of a year actually) I had a problem with my 1992 Camry. At that time, the power steering lines broke and while it was in the shop they told me it needed power steering lines, two rear struts and some other minor things. That repair totaled $900.
Now, this morning I went to Tim Horton’s drive-thru for a coffee; I pressed the button to put my window down but when I pressed it again to put the window up…. nothing. Besides the giggling of my two teenage passengers, I could hear a buzzing/humming like the window was going up, but no actual window showing up between me and the outside world. Shit.
The car is due for an inspection too. I suspect I have problems with my radiator, CV joints, and a strut mount. Oh, maybe the handbrake too. Add the window thing to the mix and I’ll bet I’m gonna run up an decent tally again this year. Shit. Shit!
I’m going to try to fix the window myself tonight. I think the glass just fell off a track or something. (Unless it fell out through the bottom of the door and it’s sitting in the drive-thru at Tim Hortons….)
Grrr…
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September 4th, 2007 at 3:10 pm
only you can make a broken window sound funny
September 4th, 2007 at 3:27 pm
Funny? FUNNY?!?!? Who the freak said it was funny?
Thanks Cindy….
September 4th, 2007 at 7:15 pm
I think you might need new tires too…
September 4th, 2007 at 8:04 pm
What about halogen fluid for your head lights? You might need a second transmission if you need reverse, so try not parking the car in the driveway. And you better check that your left tires are on the left side and the right tires are on the right side. I don’t want to get into the mess you could find your if your front tires are on the back, and the back tires are on the front. Also, make sure you tell the mechanic that you know nothing about cars, they usually sympathize with you and cut you some slack on the cost.
September 4th, 2007 at 10:16 pm
Sure Greg… Next you’ll tell me that I need to tell them to change the oil. Ha! You can’t fool me!
Update: I ripped the inside panel off my door and found my problem. My problem is that I’m a soft handed office dude who shouldn’t be fucking around with automotive, mechanical, electronic stuff. Besides that, there is a cable attached to a piece of plastic that is attached to the bottom of the window. The cable gets wrapped around one of two pulleys depending on if you want the window up or down. The piece of plastic was broken. So… the window would go down, but not up. I broke the plastic enough to remove the cable and put it under the remaining plastic on the window. I then wrapped some wire around the cable and the plastic in such a way that it stayed stationary on the cable. Now, or at least for now, the window works. I fucked up the panels on my door and the plastic around the window controls and the plastic around my door handle. So, my car looks like something out of a mad max movie, but it works again.
September 5th, 2007 at 7:24 am
Oh Steve…I think I had my laugh for the day. As Mom would say, ‘you can put an ass in a cat’…
September 5th, 2007 at 11:34 am
hey want another laugh , try what deborah’s mom said in reverse , beginners should start with a kitten
September 5th, 2007 at 12:00 pm
The voice of experience Gary?
(It took me a couple of seconds to get that… good one!)