emergency window winder

[shane wescott]

Hi guys

Anyone know which model Alfa I can use a window winder from to use in a gtv6.

Passenger window has decided to satgop in the down position :-(

Thanks

Shane

[alfa duk]

 Pretty sure they only came in late model alfetta coupes, good luck finding one

[shane wescott]

Right, so for people who don't know.

Apparently the GTV6 came with an emergency winder in the glovebox.

Have seen one or two of these for sale but they are apparently hard to come by.

Remove the little bung in the door panel, screw on the handle and you can wind away to your hearts content. I am assuming this works much faster than the standard electric motor :-)


My issue turned out to be a fuse.

Again for those who don't know the power window fuses are the ones to the left of the main fuse panel, drivers side under dash to the right of the steering column.

These fuses are marked A and B with A being for the passenger side  and B for the drivers side.

Mine were Blue which makes the 25A, and for future ref here is a link with Auto Fuse Colour Codes, apparently the style of fuse un the GTV6 is referred to as a "Bosch" fuse.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fuse_%28automotive%29

Catch ya

Shane

[colcol]

Also known as ceramic fuses, or by Colin as Bast#rd fuses, they are more exposed to the elements and they corrode easier, heres a few things, 1. clean the ends of the fuses and fuse box before putting in a new one, 2. bend the fuse box terminals closer together, to give the fuse a tighter fit, 3. when fitting fuse, turn fuse upside down, so that the fuse wire points down, then push in fuse with pliers, 4. if you can push fuse in by hand it isn't tight enough, 5. when you push fuse in, turn fuse 180 degrees so that the fuse wire points up, 6. then you can see next time when the fuse wire is blown, 7. if you push fuse in with fuse wire pointing towards the top, then the fuse wire will dislodge from the ceramic bit, and it won't make contact, 8. NEVER go on amperage by the colour of the ceramic insulator, as they all vary, 9. i have a collection of fuses, they are coloured yellow, white, red, crimson, black, green or depended what colour dye they had in the factory on that day, 10. the amperage's are 5, 8, 16, 25, 11. you can tell the amperage by removing the fuse wire and it is usually stamped on it, logic would say go on colours, but see points 8 & 9, 11. they are called ceramic fuses and they were in the olden days, 12. nowdays they are molded plastic, 13. this is a terrible idea because as the corrosion grows on the fuse, the connection becomes worse, and then the fuse ends get hot, 14. then the ends melt and the wire doesn't connect and you power window won't go up or down, 15. or your thermo fan won't blow and your car boils, 16. do i hate these fuses?, yeah just a bit, Colin.