garibaldy

Yep very cool surname! forgot to quote.....

Always wanted a 3-door 6Y Gotta smile as this car's keeping me busy, busy, busy.........Would be nice to have a break as she appears to be throwing me quite a few challenges!!!

If i can get the door open I will be checking it out :-) Garibaldi was a nickname whilst growing up! Surname is Baldwin and some clever git at a school must have had posh parents who liked fancy biscuits so that's one of the names that stuck. Garibaldy is more fitting these days

If i do manage to get the door open, is there anyway of disabling it's lock? At least if i get it open it will be easier to work on.

The lazy tong riveter will be having another outing me thinks.

After further investigation (ear against door skin this time) I'd say the solenoid isn't firing. There isn't anywhere near as much mechanical sound compared to the passenger rear door. Also just sat inside the car using the keyfob to lock/unlock repeatedly and the lack of noise from the lock area of the NSR door is obvious.

Something is making a sound from the door for sure, but it didn't sound healthy initially. Rather than two distinct and solid noises from the other doors, the NSR was initially more like a grinding noise. I managed to get the door open but then locked it again as it's on a public road. I've just been back out to the car and now the noise from inside the NSR door sounds the same as the others. However it will not open.

Just tried this but no luck

Evening all, For the last couple of weeks the wee beastie has been displaying a new symptom in that occasionally I cannot open the NSR rear door. Neither exterior or interior handle works but after locking/unlocking the car a few times I can open the door (trial and error). This evening however only one rear door was usable Sounds like it may be a known problem. I've read about bowden cables and faulty deadlocks but can anybody offer some clues as where I should look first?

Persuade her to keep it - looks mint

This doesn't distinguish between AZQ and BME but, in case this helps, the 1.2 HTP 12V will have a P on the rear badge :-

I did this job yesterday too, and used a cheapish 'Silverline' Lazy Tong Riveter which worked well with those VAG 6.4mm rivets. Getting the carrier over the lock-pin and then manouvering the top of the regulator into the door was awkward though! Glad you got it all sorted !

Yep, but I've never used one before so nothing to compare it against, although each rivet only required 3 or 4 'compressions' of the riveter to fit. The only issue i had was with the speaker - there isn't a lot of room to position the riveter over the hole because of the speaker's sides!

Cheers Lee. I put a bead of plumbers gold along the bottom and sides of the carrier too - just in case

All done thanks for all the help. Re-fitting the door carrier over the lock rod was a bit awkward to say the least!! Root cause was quite obvious once i'd removed the window motor Read a few posts where people had difficulty removing the plug from the door lock. However if you push the clip down fully it will pop-off the connector :-

Cool, thanks chap. I'll order a couple more just in case.

How many 6.4mm 'carrier to door' rivets (p/n N91078801) do i need to order? I'll get a few more just in case.

When I woke up this morning I didn't think I'd be ordering a 'lazy tong riveter'! Will call the VW dealer tomorrow and see if they can get me some of those rivets.

Thoughts on this? It appears to support the required rivet sizes :- http://www.toolstation.com/shop/Hand+Tools/d10/Engineers+Tools/sd190/Lazy+Tong+Riveter/p64474 If this is no good then i'd appreciate any recommendations!

i'm lovin' the challenges this little beastie is throwing at me and i'd never heard of a 'Lazy tong riveter' until Lee posted!!

I've ordered this :- http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/SKODA-FABIA-MK1-1999-07-FRONT-RIGHT-DRIVER-ELECTRIC-WINDOW-REGULATOR-WITH-PANEL-/161153875276?hash=item258584fd4c:g:5wIAAOSwmtJXUEjS Any chance my 56 plate has bolts rather than rivets?

they'v riveted the speaker too?

Yep 56 plate Lee. That sounds like fun (not).