The glass shop that was supposed to have my door window done a week ago finally called Saturday to say it was ready. I got it in that afternoon and the "new" regulator works well and I'm pretty happy the way it turned out.

As expected I did need to make an extension for the window crank handle. I suspect that somewhere someone is making these, but a quick search didn't turn up anything made for the 3/8" square shaft that is common on the older stuff. Building my own was pretty simple (and cheap) so I really didn't mind making them. I started out with a cheap 3/8" socket extension then heated it red hot and let it cool to take any temper out of it. Then it was pretty simple to just cut it to the length I needed and use the grinder and a file to get the end back down to a 3/8" square. They would have been a bit prettier if I had a mill to cut the flats with, but they'll do for something that no one will ever see.







This was before I drilled the holes for the roll pins (which went pretty easily after the heat treatment). If I do decide to upholster the door panels at some point I'll have to make up a set of 4 for the door handles and window cranks to clear the upholstery but like I said it's pretty simple to do.



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