Electric Windows

The window on the driver's side started making a clicking noise as it went up and down.  Further, with the cold weather, it wasn't too happy about going back up.  Usually the overload breaker in the motor would trip.  Then you have to wait for several seconds until it resets before trying to get the window to finish closing.

The hardest part is to get the door panel removed.  The main issue is that the electric window switch wires don't have a single connector.  Each switch has six wires that run through holes in the panel and arm rest.  If you don't remove the switches, then both the panel and arm rest are in your way as you try to access the inside of the door.  You can probably tell that I've 'been there, done that'.  Here you can see where I numbered each of the wires and connectors so I would plug everything back together properly.

Once the door panel was off, it was obvious why the window wasn't running in the track properly.  The bolt below was missing at the bottom of the rear track.

This allowed the window to pull away from the front track when it was being lowered.  At it was closed, it would be forced back into the proper place by the rear track at the top which was still attached.  I presume that the clicking noise was the bottom of the window hitting the bolt before it fell out completely.  It took some poking with a magnet on a collapsible rod as one can't reach all of the door bottom with your fingers but I found the bolt, both washers and the nut in the bottom of the door.

I also took the opportunity to clean and grease the rollers that the cable runs on.  I probably should have removed each roller to do a better job, but that would have require removal and re-stringing of the wire.  More than I wanted to tackle right now.  Here you can see one of the rollers with new grease.

The final chore was to replace the window felt on the leading edge.  The old one had worn enough that it was coming apart.  Amazingly enough, I found this part at the local dealer, Ferrari of Seattle.  This is the first time I've bought a part from them in 20 years.  They just never had anything for my 330.  But now that I have a relatively modern Ferrari, I'll try them first for 308 parts.  Here you can see the old window felt.

Putting the door panel back on is relatively straightforward.  I previously had the passenger panel off and found when I got everything back together, the lock rod was trapped under the panel.  I had to remove the panel in order to align it properly.  This time, I tied a string to the rod and pulled it through the hole.  Then I was able to lift the rear of the panel and use the string to align the rod.  Much faster.

The window still isn't too happy about closing in this cold weather, but it does work better.  The windows in the 330 work much better.  This is one case where the Ferrari engineering advancement didn't!