My new replacement window regulator and motor eventually turned up from the other side of the pond.
I was faithfully promised a 4 Pin motor to enable the 'Auto Open/Close' function, so I was a tad grumpy when I opened the box to find a 2 pin plug and cables fitted.
Never to be put off by such things I decided to swap the motors over. (I tell you now this isn't a job for the faint hearted).
Recoiling the spring and getting it to relocate, took a fair amount of messing around.
I photographed the mechanism first, measured the outside diameter of the tensioned spring, and with a fair bit of jiggling and sweating managed to get everything back together again.
I used a three sets 'Mole Grips', clamped one in a vice and managed recoil the spring and clamp it with the other pair of grips, and very carefully latch it into place.
If I have to do this job again I think I'll just forsake the auto window switch. It was a Royal pain in the arse to be quite honest.
Anyway it's all done now, but this job could have so easily been avoided. The regulator was damaged by a stray strip of plastic, which someone at sometime, had left inside the door. It had wrapped itself around the teeth on the regulator, and caused it to bind, and eventually chipped a couple of teeth on the gearing.
In all the job took me about 3 hours. So I saved myself a fair bit of cash doing it myself, so I'm chuffed.
Here's a picture of old and new regulator on top of each other, and the mess, when the regulator sprung apart when I unbolted the old motor.
My heart sunk a little bit.