My passenger windy window is always playing up, and on the same side the lock and catch are really stiff so I just stripped the whole door down to see what is going on! The latch just needed a good dose of oil and I think I've found the reason the window keeps sticking... I'm missing a metal runner at the back of the door that the felt that goes along the top and back of the window frame presumably slots into. Check it out: Compared to the driver side It looks like the drivers side is part of the door, but the passenger side has been drilled out?? Or maybe at some point someone fitted an earlier type door, apparently this uses a different a different type of runner? Has anyone seen this available as a separate part or has any idea about it? Short of taking the skin of the door off and fabricating a new runner I'm not really sure what to do about it, but the gf keeps complaining she can't open the window....
I'm not 100% certain what you mean, but the channel at the rear of the door which you need to remove in order to get to the lock mech was discontinued on later vans, opening problems are more likely to be either a buggered winder mech( less likely), or rust in the felt channels and quarter light frame flaring up and trapping the glass(more likely).
Yeah the photo's aren't that great, but it looks like on the drivers side there is an extra tab of metal that the felt channel rests in, rather than the full channel of earlier vans. Mine was built May 75 and so should be using the full channel but got knows... maybe one or the other door was replaced at some point. The weird thing was there are two holes in the door on the passenger side where the extra bit of metal is on the drivers side, so I am totally confused what needs to be there, if anything at all. You can definitely see that the window is catching on the felt within the body of the door as it is all twisted.
have a look at Ratwell's Microfiches...my doors were new (non brazilian swage type from JK about 5 years ago) and both have channels down the lock side...My doors are off the bus and un-built at the moment, but they are tucked away behind a mountain of stuff in the shed...if I get the chance, I'll have a look and try to take a pic Ratwells microfiche here
You can't buy that guide but I'm sure there are plenty of scrap doors about that you could get one from or make it, it's pretty simple, you can fit the earlier guide channel instead, not sure if they are available
