i've searched on here..and spent a while googling for any answers but couldn't really find anything. has anyone done this, converted from power windows to hand crank windows. I'm planning on doing this soon and was looking for a lil help. if you know a link to someones thread that they've done this please feel free to post.. any info will definitely help. thanks guys

 

Its actually pretty easy depending how you wanna go about doing it, what I did was go to the local salvage yard and found one with manual cranks, I chose not to use the door panels from the donor because they were crap so I just diamond plated it, and capped off the power wires, it turned out nice, or you can buy the manual setup online new but that can get pretty spendy when its said and done

 

yea..thats what i was planning on doing..well the JY part lol..so you just take out the regulators and hook up the hand crank to it??

 

That should be about it. I'd open your door panels first to see what's there and then grab whatever's not from the yard.

 

alright..yea cuz its starting to warm up a bit here..and my window regulators are the ****s..ill try to remember to take some pics..and maybe i can put together a lil how to

 

oh..but that may take a lil time..since i just fractured my ankle this past week. ill see if i can send my brother to the jy to get me the cranks and all the stuff i need..lol

 

The manual crank is directly connected to the window track. I don't have power anything in my '87, but I can't imagine that you can go from power to manual windows without replacing the whole track (i.e. I don't think it is just a disconnect the power and slap a crank on it job). The track/crank is riveted to the door with 6 1/4" aluminum rivets. You can drill them out no problem, and you can get a large rivet gun (type thing) that will accept 1/4" rivets from Harbor Freight.

 

ok...thanks for the help. ill most likely take a look at the one in the jy and just take everything i need and throw it in mine..and im sure i can borrow a big gun from someone lol

 

eff it, just pull the doors all the way off!

 

i was thinking about it..but i dont really know if the cops here would trip or not..but ill probably be making some tube doors sometime soon..i also like the half doors..if i do that as well ill just get some manual crank doors and turn these into the half doors.

 

As long as you mount some sort of side view mirrors you should be fine.

 

Did anyone ever end up doing this? I'm looking to try the exact same thing.

Any pics of whats behind a manual window door?