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RandyP · 11-15-2011, 12:43 PM

My experience is with a K5 that had a power rear window. I got my hands on a used tailgate that was manual and started swapping stuff out. I did end up having to buy the exterior handle and a few pieces for the handle linkage from LMC, but otherwise is a simple swap out. Seems the exterior handles are a common thing to break, so finding a good one on a used gate is slim to none. The prices of those parts are stupid high, seems all in all I spent about $400 swapping mine over. But by golly when I was done it went up and down with a crank, every time.

11-15-2011, 12:43 PM	#6
RandyP Getting Old; Going Broke Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Owasso OK Posts: 2,764	Re: Tailgate; electric wondow to manual window conversion? My experience is with a K5 that had a power rear window. I got my hands on a used tailgate that was manual and started swapping stuff out. I did end up having to buy the exterior handle and a few pieces for the handle linkage from LMC, but otherwise is a simple swap out. Seems the exterior handles are a common thing to break, so finding a good one on a used gate is slim to none. The prices of those parts are stupid high, seems all in all I spent about $400 swapping mine over. But by golly when I was done it went up and down with a crank, every time. __________________ *Why is every used 350 sbc out of a corvette?* There's only two things that excite a man, expensive toys and real expensive toys. *VEGETARIAN: That's an old Indian word meaning "I don't hunt so good."* When the going gets tough, switch to power tools.