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OK, OK, so I didn’t get around to posting an update last night as promised. At any rate, the window repair went great yesterday. After installing the new bracket-and-motor-and-cable assembly, I tested it out and put the rest of the door back together. Everything looks to seal up just fine, and the window works perfectly.

Cost at a mechanic’s shop: $290 part + $120 labor
Cost to do it myself: $65 part + a couple of scratches on my right hand

It’s too much in either case, since the only thing that was broken was a string of steel cable that costs about a dollar to make, and should have sold for less than ten bucks. But that’s the auto industry for ya…