Repair electric windows

Unless there is something I am not aware of, you cannot buy just the cable. Also, anything over three of four years old wont be available from a Ford dealer unless that part was used up until the last few years. They do not make repair parts available for very long. Do an internet search for a company that rebuilds these assemblies. They take care of frayed cables and cracked plastic pulleys. If you cannot find anything, ask at any dealer's parts department. They will tell you where they send them.

Your best bet is to get a copy of the manufacturer's service manual or buy a subscription to one of the online manual companies. We use Mitchell-On-Demand. Another one is AllData.

Since you have access to a pull-your-own-parts yard, take a cordless drill along to drill out the rivets. Look at the entire door as how can it go together on the assembly line the fastest. The engineers do not care one bit about ease of service later. The service manual will show how to remove the regulator. Once the window is disconnected, the cable-driven units usually come out through a giant hole in the inside sheet metal panel.

I help a friend in his body shop once in a while, and when it comes to transferring stuff from the smashed door to the new one, it is always a learning experience. Dodge trucks are pretty easy but some brands are very frustrating.

Yep the internet is the key to learning and sharing knowledge, please use 2CarPros anytime we are here to help.

Dandy. One thing to be aware of is some regulators have a fairly strong coiled spring to aid in raising the window. When you mentioned the motor being separate, it reminded me that those springs can go flying when the motor is removed. That spring may be wound up inside a housing that is part of the motor. I remember watching on a few occasions fellows running across the shop chasing a spring.