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Author Topic: 94 Window Switches in older Capri  (Read 4381 times)

Gostlrs

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94 Window Switches in older Capri
« on: August 13, 2009, 03:46:00 PM »

has anyone rewired their window switches if they installed a 94 console?
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94 Window Switches in older Capri
« Reply #1 on: August 13, 2009, 06:06:00 PM »

I have a 94 console but I haven't connected the switches yet.

On the 91-93 the switches are heavier duty (not heavy enough lol) they are load-bearing and see the full current. This causes the carbon buildup, and they stop working after time and need to be cleaned. A diode or resistor might work well as a EMF suppressor to keep the internal arcing down and keep the switches cleaner but I havent really put the time into to test it.

On the 94 it seems like the switches might control a set of relays, instead of being load-bearing switches. They seem too frail to me. Does anyone with a 94 know about this?

Really a set of relays are the way to go, you would have to re-wire things a bit in the door but it would preserve the switches and if you kept the wiring short and used a heavier gauge, you could probably get the windows to operate a lot faster than they do now. I know mine creep, its annoying. I'll get to it eventually, I have bigger issues at the moment.

Just my $.02
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Gostlrs

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94 Window Switches in older Capri
« Reply #2 on: August 14, 2009, 01:44:00 AM »

i may play with it a bit..

If i can re-wire an F-16 then i think i can do this.LOL
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94 Window Switches in older Capri
« Reply #3 on: August 14, 2009, 03:03:00 PM »

Umm I had a 94 arm rest specifically put into my car before she came down to Arizona... I gonna go with, you got this one off of some OTHER capri!!!! Cause I really don't think I'm ready to think of Mona being taken apart!!!  So if you could just make it a little more descreat that would be FABULOUS!!!  :(
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Gostlrs

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94 Window Switches in older Capri
« Reply #4 on: August 14, 2009, 03:52:00 PM »

consider it a kidney donor, its life will live on. and on. maybe i will call mine lisa....and we will creat mona-lisa
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94 Window Switches in older Capri
« Reply #5 on: August 14, 2009, 04:27:00 PM »

LOL!  Smurfette, how do you think I feel when one of my babies has to have parts taken off it, so that another Capri may live another day?  It hurts, I know, but in the bigger scheme of things, you're doing a great service to all of Capridom!

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