GTSilver944
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I saw the PO of my car yesterday and he mentioned a tool the could manually raise and lower the windows after you had removed a plastic cap in the door jam. Anyone have a picture of this mysterious tool?
Window Tool
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On the Mobile Traditions site its called "steering rack"(?)
part # 51378745162
NLA of course
Its a flat piece of plastic with teeth cut across the width.
A rack as in "rack & pinion".
Its a dreadful way to move the glass. Ask me how I know...
part # 51378745162
NLA of course
Its a flat piece of plastic with teeth cut across the width.
A rack as in "rack & pinion".
Its a dreadful way to move the glass. Ask me how I know...
Has anyone raise a window with their fingers from the fully down position to all the way up? Not a very pleasant task...took me about a 1,000 finger flicks. Yes, I counted! :lol:
Mystery tool:
Like Bert says, it will still take you a long time to get the window up or down, this will just save your fingers.
Like Bert says, it will still take you a long time to get the window up or down, this will just save your fingers.
Is the tool or the finger operation faster than an original motor?
barely...On another note, I wonder how many of us would want one of these if it could be made? My cousin does plastic prototype creation and maybe could make a mold to pop out a dozen or so?
Thoughts?
If you can't find a local example you can use mine to make the mold, provided of course that it makes it safely back to my tool kit at some point 
I'll take a couple when available. A dozen only? Pretty sure they will sell like hotcakes.
If you can't find a local example you can use mine to make the mold, provided of course that it makes it safely back to my tool kit at some point
Can you measure the dimensions and send it to me?
Some good pictures would give me a good start to get an idea of the cost.
Nobody wants a "nice to have but pretty useless tool" for $100!
More info to follow.
might be worth pressing into a fine clay - Stan, ask the person that would make the tools how they would make a mold.
thats really where i was going.
I'll take one, too. Perhaps Jay Leno could make one with his 3D parts copier. I saw it on TV.
Scott
Scott
Would it be that off-white color?
backsandtax
New Member
I'd be interested in one too.
Window tool Repop
It appears to be hard moulded uerathane in blank form then machined to the corresponding gear pitch to the gear.
http://www.aegistools.com/catalog/popup_image.php/pID/113 I have one of these for many years in the obsolete tool box. When I first saw the window tool it reminded me of this.
It appears to be hard moulded uerathane in blank form then machined to the corresponding gear pitch to the gear.
http://www.aegistools.com/catalog/popup_image.php/pID/113 I have one of these for many years in the obsolete tool box. When I first saw the window tool it reminded me of this.
echappe
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i would like 2
Honolulu
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I saw one of these, a dog's years ago. IIRC it was all molded, not machined. But then BMW has done stranger things. I'd still choose to use a finger if needed. You usually only need to run the window a fraction of an inch to unstick it from fully closed... unless you hit the switch wrong and immediately send it back up to fully jammed again. BTDT.