I posted as SmarfBlaster before. I was trying to figure out what my old screen name was here. ANyways, the advice you guys gave on cleaning the switches and power lock motors worked great! I used the Lectra-Motive stuff to clean them out, and a shot of a "multi-purpose silicon lubricant" to get them smooth. I figured the should get a grease of some sort, will this spray on silicon lube work ok? I also gave a small blast to all the lock linkages.

So next thing, the power windows. They go down ok, more or less, but are SOOOO slow coming up. Do I have to completely disaseble the regulator for those guys like I did the power locks, or is there a simpler adjustment?

Thanks!

*Ben W*

I'm with Chris Herbst. In my experience, slow leccy windows are usually caused by dirty/dry window channels. Give them a good clean (an old toothbrush is good for getting right in there), let it dry and squirt in some dry/silicon/ptfe lube. Costs bog all and is virtually guaranteed to work.

Regards,

Big Rich.
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'86 245, B230A. 161k. Old 200s never die, they just live on in other cars.

I had this problem with my '91 244. I removed the switches from the driver door and disassembled them. a little wiping with abrasive cloth, cleaning with contact cleaner and a bit of conductive grease saved me $45/switch X 3-switches. They are were still working a couple of years later-no problem.

Be careful not to break the plastic, it can become very brittle.

If all of the windows are slow to come up, try spraying silicone lube in the slides on the doorframe. A lot of times that's the remedy that works the best. Otherwise you might have to grease up the regulator itself, but the silicone spray is a lot easier to do (don't bother taking the door panel off again). Also it's a cheap way to find out if that's the issue, or IF you have to go farther into it.
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chris herbst, five volvos.