Phil.
Did you get the post that I sent you about repairing my Alpine CD
shuttle? CD's get stuck in the unit and I get an error message that
keeps me from changing or removing the CD. I have been told that it
needs a micro switch. I was wondering if I could interest you in
having a look at it. The unit is out of the car and, assuming you are
still near Ashby, I live not too far from you.
Thanks,
Ken
On Jan 12, 2006, at 11:45 AM, (-Phil-) wrote:
> Hi Ken,
>
> The Peugeot motors are all badly engineered, and are just plain
> underpowered. This goes not only for the Power Windows, but things
> like the Windshield Wiper Motor also are crappy. Makes me think they
> hired an engineer whose previous job was making clock motors!
>
> After a miserable first attempt at speeding up just one of the power
> window motors in the '87 STX I used to have, (I rewound the motor) I
> ended up solving it once and for all with a beefy homemade DC to DC
> converter (switching boost converter) in the fusebox to provide an
> accessory bus that was adjustable. I hooked several of the
> underperforming loads to it to improve their performance; The Power
> windows/sunroof, the Windshield wipers, Seat Heaters, and the rear
> window defroster. I think I had it set to around 20 volts, and it
> made everything run beautifully. I had to remove the little bulbs in
> some of the switches, but I replaced them with LEDs. The bulbs in the
> power window switches never last anyway.
>
> As I said, this was my second attempt at doing something to help the
> molasses-motors. My first was a re-winding attempt. It helped a tiny
> bit, but not enough to be worth the immense amount of effort. Being
> an Electrical Enginner, the obvious final solution was simply MORE
> POWER!
>
> It was the only Peugeot I've ever had that could actually beat the
> speed of a Corvette. (Power Window Speed, that is! ;-)
>
> And this electrical boost along with my seat heater hack (posted a
> long time ago to the list), produced a very nice seat heating system.
> I had to add an extra button to select low/high voltage for the
> heaters after I discovered that the seat heaters (running at 20v with
> no thermostat) would really roast your ass in short order! At 12v
> though, they self-regulate beautifully.
>
> I also (big suprise) broke a sunroof cable sheath right after I did
> this, but that has happened on every sunroof-equipped 505 I've ever
> owned, so I was prepared. I have a hack for that too! :-)
>
> The only downside was that it Didn't have enough power to run the
> Wipers AND a power window when the Rear-Window Defroster was on. (It
> would shut down to protect itself) You could probably also get away
> with a much smaller converter is you only were powering the
> windows/wiper.
>
> -Phil
> ----- Original Message ----- Date: Wed, 11 Jan 2006 11:15:38 -0800
> From: kenneth parker <elkeni@mac.com>
> Subject: sluggish window motors (84 505 STI)
>
> The rear power window motors and sunroof motor in my 84 505 STI are
> very sluggish. I had thought of mixing a batch of half WD-40 and half
> Metamucil to remedy the problem, but am appealing to the list first to
> see if anyone out there has any remedies. I have several questions
> which are:
> 1. Might it be that the tracks for the windows are inhibiting
> movement? If so, is there some way to lubricate the tracks.
> 2. The same question for the sunroof, but where exactly does one
> lubricate the sunroof and what should I use?
> 3. If it is not the tracks do I have to remove and pull apart the
> window and sunroof motors, or is there a way to lubricate them without
> disassembling the motors?
> Thanks,
> Ken
>
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