Okay, my driver's window no longer moves...theres' no noise, it just doesnt' move. I do have power at the switch. At idle, if i hold the switch in either direction i can see the voltmeter on the dash dip a little.

It's 100$ more to buy a motor with regulator but i've been reading and it seems it's harder to change a motor without changing the regulator because you have to remove the regulator anyways and then keep it from colapsing.

What's the best thing to do? Is this a really brutal job?

 

Turns out it was the motor. Swap was easier than I figured...just over an hour top to bottom. DcFlux's writeup is great especially for removing the door panels.