Took the 84 out for it's last run, had to put some fuel in it before it goes into hibernation, and put the drivers window down. Would not go up. Took the panel off, and found two of the three mounting bolts had pulled out of the skin. Did a repair (a washer and a piece of steel) and it works, except it seems to be flexing the inner door skin. Is this a sign of a lack of lubrication somewhere, or something wor$e?
On another topic, can anyone advise how to get digital photos down to a postable size? Sometimes a decent digital camera can be a pain, the pics are WAY to big to post.

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1984 300 D runs, interior
1984 300 D light hit in front, RUST, mint/perfect dash, decent interior (see above), parts car
(hate to kill one)
1998 Dodge diesel

My door does that a bit.

Run a google search for the "XP Image Resizer"

-Jason

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1991 350SDL. 230,000 miles (new motor @ 150,000). Blown head gasket

Tesla Model 3. 205,000 miles. Been to 48 states!
Past: A fleet of VW TDIs.... including a V10,a Dieselgate Passat, and 2 ECOdiesels.
2014 Cadillac ELR
2013 Fiat 500E.

What part is broken? You said it pulled out the studs? Like from the inner door skin or the regulator body?

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Current cars:
2000 ML55 AMG, 174k miles
2003 C240 T-Modell, 202k miles
1995 S320, 207k Miles

how much is it flexing. if its not a whole bunch, its just air being displaced in the door. rolling the window up theres more room for the same amount of air. roll it down. and it displaces the air again.

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Current
2006 E320 CDI, 57K bought at 67K "Liesl"
1986 190E 2.3-16, 198K bought at 56K "Brigitta"
1987 300TD (Chuggin Along), 292K "Friedrich"
1995 E320 Wagon, 200K "Louisa"

Past
1987 300SDL, (sold) 125K, bought for 1$ "Kurt"

The panel flex isn't air, its when the window gets to the top, the motor still wants to push, but theres no where to go, so it flexes out the door panel. I hope this is normal because all 4 of mine do it.

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81 300SD daily driver/project
86 420SEL (sold)
85 380SE(in the graveyard)

The studs pulled out of the inner (metal) door skinn, when the window operates, the metal flexes. The window itself doesn't move real fast, but it is about the same as any other vehicle I've had with power windows, none of which I had from new.
Will try the image resizer and post a pic or two.

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1984 300 D runs, interior
1984 300 D light hit in front, RUST, mint/perfect dash, decent interior (see above), parts car
(hate to kill one)
1998 Dodge diesel

Usually when the regulator goes bad, or it gets cracked, the windows binds as it moves up and down and puts pressure on the mounting points... I've seen several regulators cracked into several pieces from this, but never broken mounting points on the door itself. O_O.

I would say pull the regulator out and take a good look at it.

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Current cars:
2000 ML55 AMG, 174k miles
2003 C240 T-Modell, 202k miles
1995 S320, 207k Miles