Solved my own problem...

Well, this is a first. I used this newsgroup to find out how to fix my problem, and the author of the solution was me! Here's the story:

My power window on the right rear door broke last year. I bought the parts to fix it and did it myself. It wasn't all that intuitive (you have to get to it from the outside), so I posted instructions here, in case anyone else needed them.

Fast forward a year and some change, and the left rear window broke. I remembered fixing the other one, but didn't remember how. I searched google and found my original instructions. I then ordered the part I specified.

When the part came, I glanced at the instructions, but ignored the part about working on the outside of the door. I started taking the inside of the door off. I told myself that the instructions were way off, and I should post a correction. Then I realized that taking off the inside of the door is unnecessary. Once I got back on track, the instructions worked just fine.

Anyway, if anyone else needs to fix a broken power window, search Google groups for my original post, with a subject line "Broken 98 SL2 Power window fixed cheap" dated 2003-06-15. Just make sure you take the outside of the door off, not the inside!

--Ratbert