How to Replace Power Window Motor 1990-2009 Lincoln Town Car
Created on: 2011-05-09
This video will show how to removal and reinstall steps for the door panel and window regulator motor on the 90-09 Lincoln Town Car
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step 1 :Removing the Door Panel
- Pry off the window switch panel with a flat blade screwdriver
- Disconnect the window switch wiring harness
- Remove the two T20 Torx screws from the door pull handle
- In some cases, these may be Phillips head screws
- Pull off the door pull handle
- Remove the two Phillips screws from the door pull
- Remove the Phillips screw from the bottom of the door panel
- Twist off the lock knob
- Pry off the door panel with a door panel tool or a putty knife
- Lift the door panel up and off
- Disconnect the courtesy light wiring harness
- Pull back the water shield
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step 2 :Removing the Window Motor
- Disconnect the window motor wiring harness
- Remove the top two T30 Torx screws from the window motor
- Loosen the bottom T30 screw from the window motor
- Pull the motor out through the door panel cavity
- Remove the remaining T30 screw from the window motor
- Pry the motor away from the gear assembly with a flat blade screwdriver
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step 3 :Installing the New Window Motor
- Pull the gear assembly through the door cavity
- Attach the new motor to the gear assembly
- Start the bottom T30 screw into the window motor
- Hang the motor in place by the screw
- Start the upper two T30 screws into the window motor
- Pull the window motor lead through the door cavity
- Reconnect the window motor lead
- Tighten the three T30 screws
- Connect the window switch wiring harness
- Turn on the vehicle
- Test the window with the switch
- Turn off the vehicle
- Disconnect the window switch wiring harness
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step 4 :Reinstalling the Door Panel
- Put the water shield into place
- For a damaged water shield, apply painter's tape to hold it in place
- Lift the door panel into place
- Connect the courtesy light wiring harness
- Push in the door panel clips
- Insert the Phillips screw into the bottom of the door panel
- Insert the two Phillips screw into the door pull
- Push in the door pull handle
- Insert the two T20 screws into the door pull handle
- Twist on the lock knob
- Connect the window switch wiring harness
- Push in the window switch panel
- For more detailed instructions, please see the 2000 Town Car Door Panel replacement video
Tools needed
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Flat Blade Screwdriver
T20 Driver
Phillips Head Screwdriver
Putty Knife
T30 Driver
Painter's Tape
Door Panel Removal Tool
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In this video, we're going to show you how to replace a rear power window motor on this 2000 Lincoln Town Car, same as any '98 to '02. The tools you'll need are a flat blade screwdriver, Phillips screwdriver, a T20 Torx driver, a T30 Torx driver . and you'll most likely need a socket and ratchet style ., and a putty knife or a door panel clip tool.
Use a regular screwdriver. Pry up on the front of this panel here and that should come up and forward. Mine's been broken, so . . Then, underneath, there is a tab that you press to disconnect. Now, you need a T20 Torx bit, and there are screws up underneath here. The screws in this were T20, although your car could vary. It could have Phillips head screws in it. Then this pulls out, and there are Phillips head screws behind here, and a Phillips head screw in behind here. Then, right in here you'll see a little slot in the door panel carpet, and there should be a Phillips head screw right in there. It might be easier just to remove your lock knob. I use just a household putty knife, put it in behind here, and go until I can't go. It popped that. Ooh, out comes a frog. That's interesting. It must've been some passenger's toy. Do the same thing here in the front. There are some more clips in the middle. Now the panel comes off. There is a little harness here that you just pry up and disconnect. Then there's your panel off. You can see here, this car's already had some work done to it, so somebody's already cut the water shield down, which is fine.
Here's your lead. Lift up and pull out. There are three T30 Torx screws that hold the window motor in. There's the three of them, one up top, middle, and then the bottom.I'm going to use the T30 Torx driver with a ratchet and extension. I'm going to speed up. You do remove the top two screws and you just loosen the bottom one, as you'll see. This one, the bottom one, you only need to loosen.
Once you have those bolts undone, you reach in. I'm feeding my harness in. I'm going to turn my motor a little bit counterclockwise and then pull the motor side through, like that. Now you can see there's the bolt still on there. I'll remove that. Now, you want to reach in here and, as I pull this out, you can see there's some cable. You want to pry that wheel back in. You don't want that to pull out of there. I just keep prying at different clock positions of that gear until eventually that comes off and my motor can come out.
Now to get that back in, pull your gear assembly right out like that. Put the motor down in. So, we put the motor down in, insert it into the gear. Now, you want to start this screw here. Just kind of move it around until it gets going in there. Tighten it up some. Now, let the motor go in and then put the motor in. You can look through this bottom hole and you can see that screw come up and pull it into place. You see the hole? Start your other two screws. Before you tighten anything up, bring your lead out. Make sure it's all nice and free. We can reconnect it. Tighten these big bolts. We'll fast forward through tightening those up. You want to make sure they're nice and firm. They don't have to be too tight, though. Just do a test. Let's plug our window back in.
Just for the sake of keeping the video somewhat short, I'm going to fast forward through putting the door panel back together. If you wanted to see this in regular speed, just check out our other videos for the Lincoln Town Car rear door panel removal and installation.
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