How I Fixed The Toughest Job Yet... (Window Regulator Fail)

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  • A week ago, the window randomly fell inside the door. Turns out the plastic clips eventually snap, making the window unusable.
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  • @jayAsparks
    @jayAsparks 5 ปีที่แล้ว +34

    If you own a mk4 golf and you haven't had to do this job your very lucky.

    • @seanlyons161
      @seanlyons161 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I’ve never ever had to do this with the x3 mk4 golfs owned since 2003......yet! I feel your pain bro. However all my vehicles have had the failed lock regulator.

    • @jayAsparks
      @jayAsparks 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@seanlyons161 that's probably because the previous owner has replaced them before you 😜. Give it time before the crappy plastic parishes.

    • @seanlyons161
      @seanlyons161 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      My thoughts entirely :D

    • @loopg9394
      @loopg9394 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Big fax 😂😂

    • @unknownguy1123
      @unknownguy1123 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      I've done this job on a ton of mk4 and mk5's

  • @SchwaboChannel
    @SchwaboChannel 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    This was 2 years ago ... your video is very helpful ... however .. I just did the job by myself ... if you reinstall the motor after the guides, and connect the switch to the controls, you can get the guides in the position and don't have to hold them. Just an FYI on how to ... Thanks for taking the time to share! Cheers!

  • @l96nw49
    @l96nw49 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Or do what I did, I bought a full golf door from a breakers for £10, took the full metal inner panel, threw it in mine, now I have a full spare door/glass/door card/ central locking mechanism

  • @Dontwantahandle21
    @Dontwantahandle21 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Done 5 of these over 3 different VW’s and it never gets easier 😂. Stopped using wind deflectors now.

  • @skisunshine
    @skisunshine 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    cheers pal....was about to break that bracket until i watched this!!
    helpful misses, with those nails, impressive!

  • @randomeddy
    @randomeddy 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Respect to Lucy for sticking with it to the end.

  • @danizweifler6061
    @danizweifler6061 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    finally someone who shares on youtoube the same f....... troubles I had years ago.........:-) // that's the reason, I do keep now the ones from my other Mark IV..... :-) // the thing I cannot rember is, why your doorpin isn't moving the way it is suposed to..... // greetings

  • @weeandra
    @weeandra 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    a need to do this with mine,,cheers for showing

  • @cparto
    @cparto 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    This happened on my cupra r, identical inner door cards I highly recommend you get some butyl putty and reseal the inner door car before your foot wells are brimming with water mate, don’t make the same mistake I did it’s not fun haha

  • @johnbennett700
    @johnbennett700 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I took a look at my roommates Passat because she said her window won’t work and the local shop wanted $700. I’m glad I came across your video because I was fucking baffled after doing some research but I. Waiting for the kit to come and will use your video to guide me through the process. Thank you very much. Aloha 🤙🏽🐝

  • @karlossmith3714
    @karlossmith3714 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    had to be done to my golf mk4! ball of a job! in the end i paid a friend £40 to do it for me lol!

  • @gottstv6747
    @gottstv6747 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Been waiting for this👀🙌

    • @BWTV
      @BWTV  5 ปีที่แล้ว

      🔥

  • @huwjass80
    @huwjass80 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    I bought a rear door replacement for my 5door 1.8t right colour match bonus!! However it had tinted film on it where as my original door was just plain glass - what a pig of a job it was to fit my old glass and three quarters pane of glass and outer seals in to the new door - chuffed when it was complete - but majorly disappointed with the shut lines and the ripples I made in the lower window seal - keep up the videos 🙂 just got myself a ko3s and a bcm filter for mine slippery slope hahaha!! - although I think my 2001 already has a ko3s yet only 150bhp but it's loosing air and boost occasionally so it's got to be swapped
    Cheers G

  • @jordh519
    @jordh519 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Legit held mine up with masking tape🤣 amazing how I've relived that horrid scenario with my mark 4 watching this!! Good vid tho

  • @georgemiller4585
    @georgemiller4585 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Wait till you do a back window the glass is on a plastic clip and roll pin I’ve smashed 2 windows doing them now 🙈

  • @keelanswain8708
    @keelanswain8708 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great vid was at the meet 27th you was there was gunna say hi but not a very confident person, thanks for letting me out I was the straight pipeed rover 😂😂

    • @BWTV
      @BWTV  5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Haha no problem mate 😂👍

  • @alanw5812
    @alanw5812 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    thanks for he video, fun and do the job, even I know now to do but still learn something .

  • @princeamongmen7064
    @princeamongmen7064 ปีที่แล้ว

    I’m halfway through your video and I’m heavy rooting for you buddy, so cool your gf is also working lol she’s a keeper 😉

  • @dexty3956
    @dexty3956 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    another amazing vid keep up the good work

    • @BWTV
      @BWTV  5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Cheers mate 👌

  • @rkmedia8629
    @rkmedia8629 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Happened on my old fiesta. Spent ages trying to fix it! Hope it doesn't happen on my gti!

  • @ashadahmed9138
    @ashadahmed9138 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    nice video man same thing happened to my Fabia, on the drivers side it was a nightmare getting it fixed.

    • @BWTV
      @BWTV  5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Cheers man glad it's all okay now 👌

  • @lifeofafixer9101
    @lifeofafixer9101 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    @8:15, if you'd left the window motor bolted on here or bolted it back on now it'd be easier. It's really not that difficult job, I done it about 3 weeks ago and took about an hour on my own, also if you get wet rear footwell now when it rains it's because you need to run a bead of silicone around the metal door card thing that holds the regulator on as you've broken its seal.

  • @desfullerton8239
    @desfullerton8239 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Nice work!! Bin that music tho

  • @benhu0511
    @benhu0511 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    I had my driver side window drop in the snow with no tools with me and away from home, I was driving in the snow without that window up. Couple months later, in the summer, the passenger side dropped. I were able to just use that 2 holes to bring the window up and sit them on the clips which are unbroken, and now, I just won't open them, doesn't wantbtobdo it, but since both of the front broke, I might just do it together, what a fun experience...

  • @Logicalx
    @Logicalx 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Wish it was as simple as that on the Skoda, all I had was the door card and then a metal bar going across the door and you had to angle the regulator with the mechanism out of the door...

  • @ironbloodedmyth1204
    @ironbloodedmyth1204 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Passenger side on my Jetta wont roll down i can hear the clips make a cracking noise, im going to try and tackle it on my own.

  • @alanw5812
    @alanw5812 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    you can reset the window auto up function,need to hold the switch up all the way and keep holding for more than 10 second, but better don't do this, because the auto up function made the cable hold too tight all the time, that why the cable and that holder you just replaced broken, may be leave it manual better.

  • @GildersM88
    @GildersM88 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Wait till ypu have to do it on your a4. Thats a whole new level 😂

  • @Yilderis12
    @Yilderis12 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    3:45 helped a lot, visually helped

  • @singh-sks
    @singh-sks 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Spray some silicone lubricant spray along runners,window will slide better.

  • @stevehastings6802
    @stevehastings6802 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Next time put the motor back in before you put the glass in to stop the regulator moving, oh and just buy the whole regulator and bolt it on ! Much easier!!
    There’s no doubt you’ll be doing the drivers side soon. 😞

  • @soundsystemlevel6942
    @soundsystemlevel6942 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I'm replacing the wire on my golf, I've took a wire off my spare golf which has manual window winders and trying to put them on to an electric window system,
    The cog that holds wire on the manual window system is bigger than the cog on electric window system,
    Trying to wind the cables back around the cog is an absolute knitemare,
    Is there an easy way of doing this
    Also that clip the guy broke so the lock doesn't show going up and down, sometimes through vibration and movement the lock button hits the door card every time you lock the car, it instantly unlock again, sometimes 3 or 4 attempts are needed to lock the car other times no point in locking it, and you may also get locked in that door and have to use the passenger's side to get out ..
    .that's the lock buttons fault, not letting the actuator coming fully up,
    I would also take the weather strip off the door, it gives the glass more room to come out,
    If your In a scrap yard taking these parts off a car battery with and two wires and touch the plug terminals on the window motor directly, if the window goes up switch the + and - it should go down, and tests the motor is working
    I've replaced 3 of these window regulators on golfs but this is the first time I'm doing the wire change,
    also the wire is from a mk4 golf manual window to a golf mk5 plus electric window regulators....
    It might not even be possible??

  • @Fine19867
    @Fine19867 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    My window driver side fell off the rails luckily it got stuck up. Here we go again😂

  • @ryanlodge7823
    @ryanlodge7823 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    another good vid bro keep it up. u can get the whole panel off ebay for £26 just have to drill the pop rivets out for the speaker of old one and resecure too new one much easyer bro

    • @BWTV
      @BWTV  5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yeah I saw, was determined to get this clip working though 😂

    • @ryanlodge7823
      @ryanlodge7823 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yer bro u done a good job looking forward to a new vid x

    • @andrewwright.
      @andrewwright. 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Scrap yard is full of them, £10 with speaker. Scrap yard is a god send and cheaper than gumtree/ebay breaker's and a lot will still let you take shit off yourself so your learning on scrap so no big deal if things break.just need to find a friendly scrap yard....most are... because money talks.

  • @Leatherkid01
    @Leatherkid01 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Good to know

  • @samreakes5949
    @samreakes5949 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    8:30 😂😂

  • @davidrickard9686
    @davidrickard9686 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    great vid man my cousins passat had same problem accept his window fell off the siders got his fixed then went to my bora and them clips broke #vwproblems

  • @maxpayne98383
    @maxpayne98383 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Consider yourself lucky you don't own a mk5. The window regulator requires you to take the top and outside of the door off.

  • @viewmycar9478
    @viewmycar9478 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    I have this problem currently. Is your window working normally now ?

    • @BWTV
      @BWTV  5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yea it's all good 🤞

  • @bartvink976
    @bartvink976 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    why dont u tell us the sizes of the bolts ?

  • @AnthonyvanHamond
    @AnthonyvanHamond 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    I can make a prediction. i had the same problem.... broke the same bracket ..... my little door buttonthingy didn't come all the way up :-s .... eventually you driver side central locks will stop working and you need to replace the lockmechanism/microswitches. it turned out that the buttonthingy was binding and eventually fucked up the central locking.

  • @MultiCarl1998
    @MultiCarl1998 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    I like the guy in the stripy top, seems like a good fella.

    • @BWTV
      @BWTV  5 ปีที่แล้ว

      No idea who that is tbh

  • @davidrendell6009
    @davidrendell6009 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I've done 2 of these in the last 2 months.... a twat of a job!
    Wtf were they thinking with that poxy design!

  • @Asuardi
    @Asuardi 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    i did it today, the Plastic thing is broken. it was hard job

  • @aidankingman1316
    @aidankingman1316 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Just bought a mk4 gti too, loving it so far but substantial power steering leak somewhere that I can’t seem to find 🙃 don’t know if you’ve had any power steering issues or know of any common problems?

  • @iQuco
    @iQuco 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    10k before 2019?

    • @andrewwright.
      @andrewwright. 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Damn right...I say 10k before November if it keeps up.

    • @BWTV
      @BWTV  5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Hope so 🤞

  • @andrewwright.
    @andrewwright. 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Balls of a job to do.

    • @BWTV
      @BWTV  5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Not looking forward to the drivers side going 😩

  • @joeganley3413
    @joeganley3413 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Just wait until your heater core goes... dash and subframe come out

  • @22Jeffers
    @22Jeffers 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Wow, you made a meal of that. Just buy a whole new or second hand regulator, 2 hour job, tops.

  • @topgear931
    @topgear931 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Well that looked like a fucking nightmare job

  • @scoowildman
    @scoowildman 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    This is literally like a 30 minute job done probably 20 of them now

  • @Jovahkiiin
    @Jovahkiiin 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Somewhat makes me feel like the thermostat that needs doing on my tfsi isn’t that bad, that looks like a fiddly shitty job lol.

  • @jamesallan3998
    @jamesallan3998 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I had to replace the clips on my old seat Leon. It must of took me about 5 hours and a lot of swearing to fix it lol.

  • @dimitrisdimitris4142
    @dimitrisdimitris4142 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Bruuuh i have done this job but the regulator doesn't have the same problem from year to year and in find it difficult to undo the bolts and end up drilling them it was a pain in the @@s but after tha point it was very easy if you have basic knowledge

  • @lucamarius7880
    @lucamarius7880 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thanks in 1 week i had 3 windows fall down ...... :((

  • @sloopycat1954
    @sloopycat1954 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    No the lock rod you managed to disconnect does not connect to a spring, it has to be pushed threw a small hole in the lock, sorry 3 years to late.

  • @chriscarroll3204
    @chriscarroll3204 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Autoglass broke mine on my v5 golf replacing the drivers door glass ....arsehole spent hours replacing it all at there cost...lol

  • @markgoudsblom
    @markgoudsblom 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Did this on a alfa romeo once, was a bitch aswell because it's a alfa and nothing is thought out by a German, but managed to do it in two hours😎😎

  • @jameswhiteman2337
    @jameswhiteman2337 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Vasaline , try grease dude lol

  • @SmokeyTdi
    @SmokeyTdi 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    I had to replace all 4 on my car 🤦‍♂️

  • @tonybarden8563
    @tonybarden8563 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    complete new regulator and the metal sheet its fixed too , £45 from euro car parts , why mess around ..................

    • @BWTV
      @BWTV  4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Because that doesn't make for good content does it buddy

    • @tonybarden8563
      @tonybarden8563 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@BWTV whereas breaking things,dropping things,swearing at things is the way forward ?
      yeah makes you sound very smart
      meanwhile the rest of humanity would think my comment more helpful as to a logical way to move forward
      sarcasm is great when you actually have some valid point behind your comment
      'good content'............ would require a good video maker

    • @BWTV
      @BWTV  4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@tonybarden8563 how about you jump on the camera and take over from me if you know exactly what makes great content? Easier said then done mate, I don't exactly script it all out and plan for it to go to plan. I'm no expert at mechanic bits, I'm a complete beginner, but atleast I try to amuse others whilst I'm doing it, rather then sit watching other people's videos and hating on it for a hobby.
      Get out the house, see some friends and cheer yourself up a bit

    • @tonybarden8563
      @tonybarden8563 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@BWTV once again your trying for sarcastic retort when your as poor at that as you are for doing manual tasks it seems,
      as for hating as a hobby? to be you just sound like a child throwing out any accusation, what YOU GOT was a reply to YOUR poor attempt at sarcasm, i merely commented it would be far wiser and easier to just buy the complete unit locally for £45, that comment was actually helpful to the community, YOU felt justified to start with a poor attempt at sarcasm and i then schooled you on how to do it properly
      p.s.
      inbetween my two comments i had removed and fitted a new regulator to a 99 golf for my friend (you know the ones you assume i dont have) and wierdly enough didnt drop the clamp bolts,tangle the cables,twist and ruin the runner or perform any other moronic acts like yourself (all of which i refrained from mentioning in my original comment)
      until YOU want to start a childish arguement, lets face it ,your just coming across as the sulky little kid havinga tantrum like you did in the video
      im still not hating on you ,as your simply not worth any emotion from me ,your just not important enough
      have a good day and hopefully your mature better in the future without looking for an arguement when someone dares post a comment advising people to take the easier route (maybe thats the actual issue your still cross at yourself for making such a mess of a simple job)
      but feel free to moan and whinge at me ,just dont expect me to feel bad about your sulking

  • @user-dm6ow6xq9b
    @user-dm6ow6xq9b 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    So easy to fix lol

  • @j.dmalone6544
    @j.dmalone6544 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I'm mad as hell now.

  • @thomashumber9762
    @thomashumber9762 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Well done..... its a bitch of a job

  • @davidwilliams5167
    @davidwilliams5167 ปีที่แล้ว

    Should of left the moter on

  • @benjaminjames2597
    @benjaminjames2597 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Someone come and help me fix this bullshit XD

  • @bacaluiry929
    @bacaluiry929 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Dirty job

  • @mohs8958
    @mohs8958 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    This guy get frustrated very easily

    • @BWTV
      @BWTV  5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Well done, you noticed 😉

    • @mohs8958
      @mohs8958 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      BWTV your girl keeps you calm looool

  • @thomasteigen2793
    @thomasteigen2793 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    These are poorly made cars. That plastic ring that holds the speaker just went into dissolution. Its so brittle. Now that i have became familiar with this car after some years,i see how bad quality even the cheapest things to fabricate is on it. Have a Volvo 740 from 86, and the most important plastic pieces are much better quality on it after almost 40 years. It scares the shit out of me how better things where made in the older days.

  • @burnsybob70
    @burnsybob70 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Think i'll just buy a new car.