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Additional rear window ground wires

The rear (electric) windows in the Alfa 75 can sometimes be really slow.

I put this down to four possible causes:
1/ Old motors
2/ Sticking mechanism
3/ Power wires too long
4/ Ground wires too long


This modification will address problem No. 4 and should give an improvement in window speed.

It is an fairly easy mod. and can be undone if desired.

Step 1:		Open the lid of the console box, lift up the carpet on the bottom and undo the screw.
		(Note the cloth tab I have glued to the bottom of the carpet to make this easier in the future)

Step 2:		Remove the rear ash tray, undo the screws and remove the lighter panel.
Step 3:		Reach through the lighter panel and push up the window switches. Un plug the connectors.

Step 4:		Lift the rear section of the console. Reach behind the mirror switch panel and push it out.
		Turn the mirror switch panel 180° and work it back through the holes to remove it.

Step 5:

Use a small screw driver to remove the ground (black wire) spade connectors from the window switch connectors.

Step 6:

Solder new wires (the same size as the black wires and about 400mm long) to the spade connectors.

Step 7:

Bend out the retaining tab on the spade connectors and refit them to the window switch connectors.

Step 8:

Solder screw terminals to the other ends of the wires and fit them under a hand brake mounting bolt.

Step 9:

Reassemble everything in reverse order.

That's all, easy wasn't it :-)







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