Broken power window switch? I have a solution!

[Russell]

Hey all!

I found myself a new double power window switch at the wreckers yesterday, and to my dismay, when I put it in, it had the same problem, but rather than not being able to put the window up, it couldn't put it down!

So I got fed up, and decided to figure out how it worked inside. Upon opening them I noticed that there are four little contacts inside, each with a little contact pad. For both switches -- One of the little contact pads were missing, the window up contact on the one, and the window down contact on the other. Solution? Take a small peice of soldering wire, put it through, then squash it with some pliers to make a new one! I put it back together and used a dull chisel to knock the little tabs that hold the switch together, threw it into my truck, and bingo! I have total control over both windows!

Same goes for single window switches, or power lock switches!

Hope I can save a couple of you guys a couple of bucks by telling you that you can fix them!