92 crown vic front pwr window problem

I can hear the motor working, but window won't go up or down. However I can raise the window up and down using my hands. All the other windows work fine. What's the Deal?

[skadi]

I have this same problem in my 89, except it's a rear window. It moves down, with a lot of motor noise, and some "help", but it takes a few minutes of patience to roll it back up. I was told that the mechanism itself has worn out, you might be able to get new parts for it, I haven't bothered, myself.

[rjtrans]

You will need a regulator at least. Remove door panel remove speaker and plastic. grind off the rivet heads. remove track nuts and trim. take the track out so you can see how to rehook the cable and begin the install process.

[blane gardner]

I had these exact symptoms on both from windows on my 92 Vic. Oddly enough, there were two very different causes.

On the driver's side, the attachment point for the cable to the window regulator had broken off and the cable had jammed inside the motor unit, ruining the interior pully.

On the passenger side, the oblong plastic pieces that go between the bull gear for the window transmission and the dirve shaft that goes to the pully had disintegrated.

I was able to take the good gears from the driver's side and put into the passenger side. Problem 1 fixed.

I found a nearly new driver's side assembly at the local junkyard in a taxi. 2nd problem fixed

The point here is...ya gotta take it apart to determine what needs fixin'