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Subject:Re: Vanagon Electric Window Motors
From:John Rodgers <jrodgers113@GMAIL.COM>
Date:Mon, 5 Jul 2021 18:33:07 -0500

Ok, thanks. I hope to save a few bucks with this. to buy stock new  motors
is blasted expensive.

On Mon, Jul 5, 2021 at 5:17 PM Douglas Toomey <drt@uoregon.edu> wrote:

> Yes, the motor works on either side. Slide the white bracket downward to
> get off motor.
>
> > On Jul 5, 2021, at 2:53 PM, John Rodgers <jrodgers113@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Ok, thanks for the clarification.
> >
> > Though there is a left and right mounting bracket, can the motor itself
> be
> > used in either position? I've got a motor that runs, but I don't see why
> it
> > could not be used on either side. Is the bracket built into the motor
> case
> > or is it a separate part? Seems like it should fit on either side and
> work,
> > since the motor runs either direction. What am I missing here? I can see
> a
> > right and left bracket, but shouldn't the same motor fit either one?
> >
> >> On Mon, Jul 5, 2021 at 3:53 PM Craig Forney <ccforney@gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> The window motors are identical, left and right.
> >>
> >> The only difference is the bracket that usually comes with the motors,
> as
> >> there is both a left and right bracket.
> >>
> >> Craig Forney
> >>
> >>
> >>> On Mon, Jul 5, 2021, 1:08 PM Jim. Felder <jim.felder@gmail.com> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> John, there is definitely a left and a right.
> >>>
> >>> Jim
> >>>
> >>> On Mon, Jul 5, 2021 at 3:05 PM John Rodgers <jrodgers113@gmail.com>
> >> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> Are the STOCK motors the same on both sides, or is there a left and a
> >>> right
> >>>> to them. I have seen some parts websites where the motors were
> referred
> >>> to
> >>>> as left window and right window. The motor I have in hand runs both
> >> ways,
> >>>> depending on which way power is applied. The switch circuit does the
> >>> power
> >>>> reversal and the motor runs either way.Thus making the window go up or
> >>>> down. But is there really a left or right.
> >>>>
> >>>
> >>
>

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