Power window fix for 1G DSMs

So you've noticed that your power windows have slowed down a lot, or the window seems to be popping out of its' track and not sealing when it gets to the top of its' travel. This is usually caused by:

Loose fasteners on the window system
Dirty window tracks

The fixes are, in increasing order of difficulty:

Clean and lube the rubber channels in the window frame everywhere you can get to them without tearing the door apart. Do this by getting any rubber/vinyl cleaner, putting it on a rag, and wiping the channels until the rag comes out clean. This may take a LOT of cleaning. Then lube with NuVinyl, anti-static ArmorAll, or even dielectric grease (YES, this grease works well and does not gum up if put on VERY lightly and then rubbed off).
Remove the door panel, and clean/lube the bottom section of the rubber channels you couldn't get to in #1. This will take raising and lowering the window to get all the areas.
Check the bolts that hold the window to the window bracket (this is the potmetal bracket that sandwiches the glass and rides on the guide bar) to make sure they are not loose. This rarely happens, but I have seen it happen.
Loosen the bolts that hold the guide bar (the mostly vertical tubular bar that the window bracket rides on) to the door, and move it forward or back to get the window to go up perfectly straight (not a lot of adjustment here, but it doesn't take much).
Loosen the window guides (the metal brackets covered in bristly material) a little so they don't push on the window so hard.

Do these in order. If 1 doesn't work, try 2, etc. If you do all of these, you are pretty much guaranteed your windows will work properly (they have on the half-dozen DSMs I have done it to).

I will try to add pics of the above steps the next time I have to work on the windows for a DSM.

	Do yourself a favor, if you open up the door, remove the power window switch from the door panel, CAREFULLY open it up, and look at the contacts. The back comes off pretty easily, just pry it outwards off of the white tabs (the red arrow points to one of the tabs), and it will pop off.
	The contacts will most likely be black. File them clean. This will keep you from blowing PW fuses. See the Auto-up power driver's power window for 1G DSMs VFAQ for info on cleaning the contacts and converting the switch to auto-up operation.

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