How do you replace a window lift motor on a 1988 Lincoln Mark VII?

Answer 1

Take off the door pnl by pulling off the speaker grille you will find a screw, another screw is on the side of the door pnl by the door lock button (kind of in the jamb area), there is another screw behind the carpet on the bottom of the door pnl (you removed this carpet by prying it out with a screw driver very carefully), pull off the trim that goes around the pnl with the seat adjustment switches and remove the screws around that plate with the switches for the seat and the door lock switch then unplug the 2 plugs behind it, then through the holes where you removed the carpet piece take an 8mm or 5/16 socket and remove the chrome handle you open the door with, then carefully pry off the door pnl by every plastic push button with a door pnl remover tool (you can find these in any auto parts store or Harbor Freight) it looks like a Y shaped tool but it has an open elongated slot in the middle that you slip around those plastic connectors that are attached to the inside of the door pnl, if you carefully pull the door pnl out a little bit you can see them... Once you get the door pnl off carefully remove the foam piece behind it and take a flash light now and look inside to see where it is, there is another speaker hole down in the lower corner towards the front of the door you can remove it from, but you will have to unbolt it first and you will need a small hole saw and a drill... in the area where the gear head of the motor is there should be 3 tiny center punch marks where you will drill out (use a hole saw because a drill will butch up the sheet metal, get a hole saw a little bit bigger then the 8mm or 5/16 1/4 drive socket)... Now you can with a log extension go through the holes you drilled and remove those bolts carefully while holding onto the motor and remove it though that speaker hole and unplug it... When installing the screws I always use a little bearing grease on the heads of the bolts so they stay in the socket and make sure you get the window motor lined up right (this is very challenging and you will need to be very patient while doing this)... Once you get it back in and plugged in give it a run up and down, you might even have to side the window down a little to get the motor to seat all the way in... Before you put the new motor in you should be able to side the window up and down by hand very easily, it's also best to grease all the sides and spray some lube on everything in there that moves (I use CRC 336 for marine use on all pivots and synthetic grease on the sides... Any binding will burn out the motor early... Then reverse the whole procedure and put everything back together!!! Good Luck!!! I can do this in less then an hr now because my car is on it's 3rd set of motors it just turned 22yrs old!!!