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1787 hits | 47.38 KB | Posted: 4/10/04
With a softtop, it was time to look at lightening the tailgate load of uneeded items...glass rear wi...

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1697 hits | 33.72 KB | Posted: 4/10/04
Access cover removed, paper backing showing.

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paper backing peeled back to reveal motor arm. At this point I have already removed the glass.

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1624 hits | 45.86 KB | Posted: 4/10/04
4 bolts and the motor/mechanism is ready for removal as shown.

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1731 hits | 35.36 KB | Posted: 4/10/04
ran into a problem after closing the tailgate...it would not release and open again.

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underneath this rivet was an arm that went to the bottom of the tailgate, that the glass would rest ...

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1730 hits | 43.62 KB | Posted: 4/10/04
And here is the arm. Once I took a grinder to the rivet and punched it out, the arm fell loose, and...

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1629 hits | 62.3 KB | Posted: 4/10/04
motor, mechanism, glass, and misc. parts. 25 lbs. worth.

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1655 hits | 57.37 KB | Posted: 4/10/04
the armature is springloaded, so caution is needed when messing with it.