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Well I got my GPL 205 yesterday, and spent 20 minutes applying it to all the weatherstripping on the doors. This is some amazing stuff, work it into the rubber with a rag (doesn't take much action) and it leaves a very slippery feeling to the rubber, with no greasiness at all.
So, after all was said and done, I went for a little drive. Top up, windows up. The door squeaks I had are now gone, however, I still have some noise which sounds like a loose door. Then I decided to lower the windows. Completely quiet now. Put the windows back up, and the sound reappeared. Got back to the garage after my quick drive and looked things over. What I found surprised me.
I was looking for play on anything to do with the door assembly, and noticed that my driver window has more play than the passenger. With the door open, if I push at the top of the glass, I can move it several millimeters. So, this tells me that what I'm hearing is the result of the glass not sealing tightly against the weatherstripping, likely at the top where there is the most leverage on the glass. I also noticed that my interior microswitch on the driver side is behaving erratically as sometimes it will lower the window before I open the door, sometimes it won't.
So, in order to fix this, what parts am I replacing to basically freshen the window mechanism to get rid of the added play mine seems to have developed? Also, what is the part # for that microswitch and how much of a pain is it to swap out?
Patrick
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