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Die, power window switch, DIE!
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Re: Die, power window switch, DIE! -
11-09-2009
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If that won't fly, make your own:
http://www.a1electric.com/switches2.htm
Do you have an owners manual with schematics?
It might be possible to install a 5 wire switch
depending on how the windows are wired.
Though, that's a mighty big "might".
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On Sun, 8 Nov 2009 21:03:34 -0600, "Nightcrawler" Dirtydeeds (AT) dirtcheap (DOT) net> wrote: I take it that it does not look like this: http://www.directauto.com/images/products/main/SWi1036.jpg Hi! It does not--- which amuses me. None of the on-line catalogs show the same switch that is in the vehicle. The switch in my Tahoe looks like the one in GMC pickups in the late 1980s, but the switch I have has six conductors and the GMC switches have five. http://holysmoke.org/temp/s1.jpg http://holysmoke.org/temp/s2.jpg I have purchased a five-conductor ("five prong") switch and I'll make that work. Seems to me one only needs three wires to make a power window go up and down, and four if one wants the switch illuminated. Automobile manufactures should be making cars less complicated, not more complicated. I like hand-powered windows. |
why the parts lists don't show it. That is NOT a GM switch assembly.
The factory Tahoe window switches mount in the armrest assembly not on
the face of the door panel. They also use a plug/socket connection not
soldered wires, And the surround matches the door panel with the switch
itself being smoke gray.
That is an aftermarket kit that uses the GM style switch face. I have
seen them sold in various catalogs.
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Steve W.
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Desertphile wrote: On Sun, 8 Nov 2009 21:03:34 -0600, "Nightcrawler" Dirtydeeds (AT) dirtcheap (DOT) net> wrote: I take it that it does not look like this: http://www.directauto.com/images/products/main/SWi1036.jpg Hi! It does not--- which amuses me. None of the on-line catalogs show the same switch that is in the vehicle. The switch in my Tahoe looks like the one in GMC pickups in the late 1980s, but the switch I have has six conductors and the GMC switches have five. http://holysmoke.org/temp/s1.jpg http://holysmoke.org/temp/s2.jpg I have purchased a five-conductor ("five prong") switch and I'll make that work. Seems to me one only needs three wires to make a power window go up and down, and four if one wants the switch illuminated. Automobile manufactures should be making cars less complicated, not more complicated. I like hand-powered windows. If those are the switches your truck has in it there is a good reason why the parts lists don't show it. That is NOT a GM switch assembly. The factory Tahoe window switches mount in the armrest assembly not on the face of the door panel. They also use a plug/socket connection not soldered wires, And the surround matches the door panel with the switch itself being smoke gray. That is an aftermarket kit that uses the GM style switch face. I have seen them sold in various catalogs. |
nylon connector, but I would have to take the door appart to plug
them back in if I unpluged them. When the five-prong switch comes
I will use a multimeter to figure out how to wire it in. At the
moment I just short out the wires if I want to raise and lower the
window.
Far better to have a handle one can crank.
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On Mon, 09 Nov 2009 14:03:33 -0500, "Steve W." csr684 (AT) NOTyahoo (DOT) com> wrote: Desertphile wrote: On Sun, 8 Nov 2009 21:03:34 -0600, "Nightcrawler" Dirtydeeds (AT) dirtcheap (DOT) net> wrote: I take it that it does not look like this: http://www.directauto.com/images/products/main/SWi1036.jpg Hi! It does not--- which amuses me. None of the on-line catalogs show the same switch that is in the vehicle. The switch in my Tahoe looks like the one in GMC pickups in the late 1980s, but the switch I have has six conductors and the GMC switches have five. http://holysmoke.org/temp/s1.jpg http://holysmoke.org/temp/s2.jpg I have purchased a five-conductor ("five prong") switch and I'll make that work. Seems to me one only needs three wires to make a power window go up and down, and four if one wants the switch illuminated. Automobile manufactures should be making cars less complicated, not more complicated. I like hand-powered windows. If those are the switches your truck has in it there is a good reason why the parts lists don't show it. That is NOT a GM switch assembly. The factory Tahoe window switches mount in the armrest assembly not on the face of the door panel. They also use a plug/socket connection not soldered wires, And the surround matches the door panel with the switch itself being smoke gray. That is an aftermarket kit that uses the GM style switch face. I have seen them sold in various catalogs. Ah, thank you: I never thought of that. The switches do go to a nylon connector, but I would have to take the door appart to plug them back in if I unpluged them. When the five-prong switch comes I will use a multimeter to figure out how to wire it in. At the moment I just short out the wires if I want to raise and lower the window. Far better to have a handle one can crank. |
PIA to get to when you're in the seat.
Those door panels come off REAL easy. If it were mine I would probably
visit a salvage yard and get a replacement set of panels and switches.
Probably take about 30 minutes to swap both sides.
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Steve W.
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