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It was done by the evening, all working now! Aluminium rivnuts installed. Thanks for all the help.

The rivets are on the way out. The National 'engineer' that changed the glass previously ditched all of the grommets, which explains why there's more road noise from the passenger side. I guess that will be a duck tape job.

The glass is currently held up by some door stops. This kept it in place for the past few weeks. Today I have the weather, and the help, to hopefully get the regulator swapped.

As I only have this job to do, I was hoping to avoid buying the tool if possible. There are a number of people using these kinds of methods, according to YT. I would use Deon's first method

I would prefer to avoid putting rivets back on, so something like the Lokuts, or Rivnuts seems like a good idea. Does anyone know what size I should be looking for?

Thanks for the heads-up on checking the year. I think I will get a new reg from Ebay. I am not sure what you mean by a new lock module? When I look it up, it seems to be the motor for the wing mirror. Is that right?

Sorry, I have another question. As far as I can tell, the regulator that is currently on the passenger side has a working motor, but either the cable is wound wrong, or snapped, as the glass doesn't move up, and appears not to have both supports. On Ebay I can see a second hand regulator with motor at £72, and new ones without motor from £25 to £50. Any advice on which would be best is appreciated. https://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=p2334524.m570.l1313&_nkw=skoda+fabia+mk1+window+regulator&_sacat=0

I am not near Oxfordshire, I am in Yorkshire, thanks. I have a handy man neighbour who I can get to help me. He's relatively cheap, and does upkeep on his ageing VW Polo. Admittedly, he's driving around with most of the driver's side trim in a box on the back seat, but at least his clutch is working!

Ha ha! Yes! Many thanks to you both! Hopefully I won't ever have to actually replace the ABS pump, as they are not easy to find! Looking forward to telling the garage the good news, he's always sceptical about getting help from people via the Internet. Window regulator next. I think I'll get someone to help with the drilling, as I'm not supposed to do any thing as recovering from an operation. Do I need high speed steel bits to get the rivets out?

I switched the broken fuse with a 40A from Halfords, warning lights are still on, so I guess another trip to the friendly VCDS person is in order? The product code for the Halfords part was FUSE 298, which is apparently the same as FUSE 133. They are in the process of changing product codes. FYI

Like this set? https://www.halfords.com/motoring/tools/fuses-electricals-and-fixings/fuses/halfords-assorted-oto-strip-fuses-30>60-amp-fuse133-705310.html

Rain has interfered with plans today, but I managed to get out during a break and loosened the nuts on that strip fuse. It is definitely in two parts! Will any VW 40A strip fuse work as a replacement?

Maybe the strip on the one with the red and green does have a crack in it. I'll have to check in the morning.

@TMB Thanks for 'upgrading' to rivets, Skoda! The reason the regulator is knackered is a bodge job on window replacement from National subcontractor, when the passenger side window was bricked, along with all the other cars on the street I had parked on. Lesson learned - do not park opposite a building site when there are kids around! Here's a photo of those ones. Hopefully everything is visible, despite the flash.

This is the one in position 6 on the battery. Are there any more that should be checked. @TMB HatBoyHarvey on YT makes it look easy, but maybe he's already replaced the rivets on his door.