TVR - Window Maintenance

A little job I'd been putting off after reading how difficult it could be - mention of using child labour to perform the task had been heard.  It is to remove the door cards to get to the window mechanism to clean it up and lubricate it to improve the speed of the mechanism.

First thing to note is there are no visible screws to undo and remove it.

That's because TVR have been clever/cruel.  There are actually 3 screws hidden under the speaker mesh.  You start by prying the mesh off, undoing these three screws, and then remove the speaker.  You are left with a hole in the door and it is through here you must put your arm to undo all the retaining nuts from the inside of the door.  Window must be up, sit with your back to the hinges and then James Heriot to undo the nuts.  There are 4 in all, locations as shown below. And also 1 screw behind the ashtray that just presses out.

Door card is in 2 pieces and once the first piece lifts off you will see the 4 screws at the top holding the second piece.

This then lifts off giving you access to the mechanism.

Door motor looks good.

As do the window tracks.

So all that needed to be done was spray with a silicone oil - normal oil will perish the rubber.  And then refit.  Only change done during the refitting was to replace the standard fixing nuts with some wing-nuts making for easier work in future - it's really not fun trying to use a spanner in that space.