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Originally Posted by sidneyj
What a job! How'd it turn out?
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Not so great. Almost. The video goes too far. He removes the front kit, rear kit, and at the end he removes the two parts at the very front for the wind deflector. I just followed along and removed those two, even though I didn't need to. It would have been smart to check the new parts first, and I would have stopped short. In my defense, this is almost like an automatic transmission repair.. in a way.
Those wind deflector parts are a separate kit, $60. So I had to order them and wait.
They came yesterday so I did it last night. I almost immediately broke the one part for the wind deflector somehow. I think I misunderstood how to place it down in, and tension from the spring snapped it. The video shows it exactly, it's really simple, I just can't pay attention.
No big deal it should still work, moving on. I later had a hell of a time figuring out how to get the front arm on properly. But eventually got it, and set the timing.
Initial test went great. All the way back and forward. Second test, pass. Third test .... The front drive cable plate on the left side moved past the rear glass mechanic and didn't lock it in.
if I had the glass on, the rear would have stayed flat on the left and probably broken all the plastic stuff. Extremely fragile.
Looked at it and retested. Sometimes, it will unlock nicely on the way forward, and then relock on the way back. Sometimes, it doesn't unlock out all the way, and then there's nothing for it to grab onto on the way back. Pretty sure I installed everything good, I messed with it until 4am and concluded defective plastic arm. These arms are like Chinese toys from the 80s. The whole glass is dependent on these cheap plastic arms and wire springs being good.
So I get to buy another kit and do it again. The self tappers and sheet metal is getting close. I tried explaining it ECS, I broke the deflector pivot, will pay for that. But the other piece is defective. And now I have to break everything out to get that out. Getting costly.. hopefully they cover it. I might just bail and try to get the glass in place.
Most of the black interior pieces are here, gives me something to hope for. I am absolutely pulling the fuse and never using it. If anyone's knows of a good delete panel let me know.