Hi guys,

tonight i was about to leave the house to meet up with the sydney guys at flemington pub when my drivers window just drops down into the door..

i took all the trim out and found that the regulator has come apart from the window.. is there a way to repair the slider that the regulator ball sits in or does it need to be a whole new window?

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oil leak?..what oil leak..that puddle under the car is just sweat from all that horsepower

If the slider (channel?) is buggered that would be a first time I've ever heard of it -they are usually pretty robust, unless rusted away.

If so, you would need to replace the whole window, but I would guess they are a dime a dozen & John at Mini Kingdom would probably have a shirtload of 'em.

Are you sure its not the ball end of the regulator arm? From memory there's a nylon rim on it, which may have given up the ghost.

Much easier to replace the regulator. Glass removal means dismantling half the door!

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1967 Cooper S - new front bearings to do.
1965 Cooper S shell - Slow progress. No time or money!
1966 Deluxe- next rustoration!
Mk 2 & XJ6 Jags. Less said the better.

I've had the metal part thats clamped onto the glass come off before - happened when the steel rusted away to half its thickness and the rubber that wedges it onto the glass swelled up and weakened the grip.
A new metal clamp can be all thats needed, but you don't usually find them without the glass still being attached. I'd use the whole window - unless the glass is tinted and you want to reuse it.

On the other hand, if the wheel or pin holding it onto the regulator arm has gone, thats much easier to replace - just do the whole assembly and make sure when its all put back together there's waterproof grease on the tracks.

ok i think im missing something..

on the end of the regulator arm i can see the ball but thats it, the slider has come apart from the window but doesn't look rusted is there meant to be a wheel or something that connects to the ball?

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oil leak?..what oil leak..that puddle under the car is just sweat from all that horsepower

Have you read both of these?

http://www.ausmini.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=60640

http://www.ausmini.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=69906

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ex-NSW Police 1970 MK II Cooper S
VMCI #43

to make things clearer, i took this pic off the forum cause it shows what im talking about clearly.

the slider circled in red has come apart from the window, and the wheel that is circled blue is missing cant seem to find it in the door.

can it be repaired?

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oil leak?..what oil leak..that puddle under the car is just sweat from all that horsepower