Originally Posted by punkinfair

i just did this also. the motor was very dirty inside with crusty rusty grease.

one thing i found out that might be of interest is that the motor itself is identical to ones used on similar vintage vw and audi cars, which also use cable type regulators. all but the outer housing (the part on top of the cable) is identical. it is very simple to take an audi regulator and scavenge the motor. i have a VW parts business and had some new audi units on the shelf. rather than mess with the old unit i wanted to use a new motor. i was able to make a motor swap in about 20 minutes, taking the audi motor out of the regulator. the power wires had to be moved over from the old motor to the new, but aside from that the two motors are indentical brose/bosch units. this would make junkyard picking better also, more vehicles to choose from.

the new motor/regulators for the rear are frightfully expensive and only available as OE parts, glad i saved myself about 400 bucks by going that route.