i have a 1987 base coupe.it doesn't have power windows. (Page 2/2)
fierobear DEC 24, 02:29 PM

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Originally posted by richard in nc:

i honesty tried to get the whole harness but it was run all over the car.im thinking i just need two wires to each door and a wire with a fuse to the battery.i always straight wire my cars so the power windows work without the switch being on.



The cross-car harness should be a lot more complex than two wires, plus the connectors and controls/switches are nice to have.

As for the replacement doors being gummed up, try to clean old grease out or at lease grease the window tracks as well as you can. Unless the motors are shot, greasing the tracks alone should speed up the window up and down speed quite a bit. I used Marine Grease. Smells for a while, but worked very well. Windows went from very slow to at or near normal speed.

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richard in nc DEC 24, 03:24 PM

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Originally posted by fierobear:


The cross-car harness should be a lot more complex than two wires, plus the connectors and controls/switches are nice to have.

As for the replacement doors being gummed up, try to clean old grease out or at lease grease the window tracks as well as you can. Unless the motors are shot, greasing the tracks alone should speed up the window up and down speed quite a bit. I used Marine Grease. Smells for a while, but worked very well. Windows went from very slow to at or near normal speed.




i got the harness from the switches to behind the radio and from the ends of the dash to the doors.i was an hour from my house and had somewhere to be.i also need to install my fiero store window weatherstripping.
82-T/A [At Work] DEC 26, 11:57 AM

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Originally posted by richard in nc:

i got the harness from the switches to behind the radio and from the ends of the dash to the doors.i was an hour from my house and had somewhere to be.i also need to install my fiero store window weatherstripping.




You should still be good to go... however, as I mentioned above, I recommend you download the service manual (for free) and reconstruct the original harness, and find the pig-tail end for the power source, and plug it into the original port on the power block. This will ensure that the fuse dedicated to power windows and the other accessories is properly used.

EDIT: I've done this before too a few times for most of the accessories. I hate to say it... because it's both sad and sucks at the same time, but ~15 years ago, my local junkyard had three new Fieros in it every single week (they'd be crushed and replaced by the following Thursday). It seemed like they were always loaded with every option. Many 88s, some loaded 85 GTs with the fleece seats, several Formulas, and multiple T-Top Fieros. But in every case, I'd grab the harnesses and such (I had both the time, and parts were absurdly cheap). I'd probably upgraded at least 3-4 Fieros that I'd bought and sold over the years with these parts. Kinda makes you sad that they're not so plentiful anymore, but also makes you realize how many were probably crushed. This was JUST in South Florida... one junkyard, and they were all rust free Fieros. I can assume that during that time, you had the same thing going on everywhere else at every other junkyard.

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richard in nc DEC 26, 02:10 PM
i threw 12 volts to one of the doors[windows] and it barely moves.so i will be taking it apart.
theogre DEC 26, 03:55 PM
Outer "skin" is located by One Screw near the outer handle under the trim. All others just holds it on the door.
Do Not Adjust big black plastic "screw" on the door frame that the small screw goes into.

If you remove a door from the car for any reason... The bolts from hinge to door allows 3 ways to adjust. Vertical, Horizontal & Twist. Twist is where upper & lower hinges are adjusted opposite of each other.
You must have Door adjusted close to right Before you try closing the window or things will break, seal can tear, etc.

See https://web.archive.org/web...cast.net/~fierocave/ door & window pages.
Note: Door page was written for damage doors... Install Rear screw in the OE hole first then most to all others "finger tight" to check skin fit to other panels.

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sdgdf DEC 30, 09:42 PM

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Originally posted by richard in nc:


i know.i picked them up in and out of my van.



Never realized they were that heavy. I recently got a door from pull a part and that Fiero was at the very back corner of the lot! Hauled it back in a wheelbarrow. Ugh.
richard in nc JUN 21, 12:28 PM

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Originally posted by 82-T/A [At Work]:
... if you absolutely, cannot get the old harness, then I recommend using the service manual to reconstruct the harness. You don't want power going through the switch... you only want to use that to control a relay.



are you saying theres relays on the power windows somewhere?the glass on the parts door is scratched badly on the inside.the felt wore away.so im trying to convert my car door.i went ahead and ordered new felt guides and will have to wait til they get here.i test fitted the power window mechanism in the door and it should bolt in.

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1985 Fiero GT JUN 21, 03:08 PM

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Originally posted by richard in nc:


are you saying theres relays on the power windows somewhere?the glass on the parts door is scratched badly on the inside.the felt wore away.so im trying to convert my car door.i went ahead and ordered new felt guides and will have to wait til they get here.i test fitted the power window mechanism in the door and it should bolt in.




No the windows are directly driven by the switches, the door locks are relay driven.