Door assistance

[spyro_x]

Hoping someone can help me, I've had a look around but I'm struggling to find some info (If I've missed it somewhere then apologies).

The passenger electric window in my S2 will barely work using the switch on that side but will function perfectly using the switch on the drivers side. I've checked the switch itself (took it apart, cleaned the contacts) and even swapped it with one from the drivers side but same deal. I've therefore used my limited intellect to deduce that the motor is fine, the runners/mechanism is fine and the switches are fine - therefore the issue must lay with wiring somewhere. Now to my question, I started following the wiring loom to see if I could find where the door loom connects to the main wiring loom, as I removed the rubber cover between the door and the pillar I saw that several of the wires sheaths have started to crack and break. Can anyone point me to where the connector is, I am hoping it is in the pillar as if it's in the door then I have challenges. The wires from the door were very taught so I wonder if that has added to the demise of the wires.

Any thoughts or advice?

Thanks in advance!

 

[Mike_Pollock]

It is in the pillar!

You will need to remove the carpet and maybe the bonnet release (not been into the passenger side - only the drivers) and fiddle around in the pillar.

 

[Neil Haughey]

Should be easy to spot once your in the area as its a fairly chunky connector ISTR.

 

[spyro_x]

Perfect, thanks guys! I was hoping as much, I did remove the carpet but couldn't work out how to remove the bonnet release and decided to research before I broke the crucial clip that forevermore kept me out of the engine bay! Also indoors management wasn't best pleased that I got home from work and then promptly went back outside to work on the car so had to call it a night a little earlier than I'd wanted to.

thanks again!

 

[colin944]

On my 89 nS2 the loom runs all the way to the bottom side of the fuse box with no join inbetween. So when I took the doors off the wiring was about 6 feet long with a connector onb the end.

 

[spyro_x]

Colin mine is the same as yours, I started removing the carpet and some soundproofing behind it (that clearly was never designed to be removed) and sure enough the loom appears to continue on all the way up to the fuse/relay box. Not going to tackle that today (with the weather struggling to decide what it wants to do today).

Thanks for the replies though everyone - I will get it sorted eventually.

 

[Mike_Pollock]

Thanks for that info, I need to strip and lube mine so it is much appreciated.

 

[colin944]

Spyro Thanks for confirming that yours is the same. Sometimes you see posts on here about stuff like this and you think to yourself mines not like that. So then you start to think maybe mines been changed at some point or that it's not as it should be. But when someone comes along and says thier'sis the same it gives you a bit more confidence in your own car.

 

[jonnyporsche]

I need to have a look at mine aswell. Is there any problems removing the door card to get at the motor.

 

[Mike_Pollock]

Door card is straightforward enough if you've had door cards off before, various obvious screws and push clips.

On the square dash cars there is a pop out cover behind the finger pull lever.

Once all these are undone there is a hook from the top of the pull handle which slides into the door itself.

Make sure all of the wires are unplugged etc , especially the ones to the lock led indicators if you have them[]

 

[jonnyporsche]

Thanks Mike