Removing door cards?

[Leadfoot]

Any hints & tips on how to do this? Will it all become obvious once I've removed the bolts at the bottom of the pod?

[lady topaz]

Leadfoot said:

Any hints & tips on how to do this? Will it all become obvious once I've removed the bolts at the bottom of the pod?

Keen to see any answer to this as sadly I am befuddled at the question. Obviously not a girly thing!! but maybe something I should know.

[fish]

Tkae the door trim off, bolts in bottom of the door cunny holes. the trim then pulls down and away from the door. There should be a self adhesive film to carfully peel back from the opening. The card is a small PCB with a male plug on it that pluggs directly into the window winder motor. It is slightly difficult to get to but not too bad. Unplug from motor by pushing in clip on the plug and remove while finally unplugging the cable from the other end of the card.

Not difficult, pretty self explanitary and done in less that 1/2 hr.

Hope that helps..

[Leadfoot]

Thanks Fish. It's just the removal of the door interior trim (the door "card") that I was asking about, which you've answered in the first part of your post .
Thanks for the info on the window encoder as well.

[PhilWattis]

I found that getting at the 3 allen bolts to remove the door trim is extremely difficult without the right choice of tool.

I found it easiest by using a socket set with allen key adaptor, and using an extension, so that the wrench was high enough not to catch on the storage bins.

If your going to use a standard allen key you will find it very difficult.

I would suggest also on re-assembly to smear the thread of the bolts in copper grease. On my car they tend to get wet and I reckon could sieze after a while. Copper grease will prevent this from happening.

Phil.

[Leadfoot]

Phil,

I found that with the right tool it was remarkably easy, TVR must be slipping these days!

I also discovered, to my amazement, that the captive nuts in the door are made of brass rathef than nice corrosive mild steel. Perhaps I should draft a letter of complaint......

Ta to all for advice.

Ian