> Do NOT try to re-tap the threads. Get a junker assembly.
I can't recall ever seeing the sunroof motor gone in
the U-Pull yard. I don't think they fail often so
nobody ever takes them.
-- Jim
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Date: Sat, 22 Sep 2007 16:15:44 -0700
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Curt told us:
"He thought my boss should know about that. My boss told him that if he
didn't want to be called that he should get smarter..."
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Zoltan Finks wrote:
> Good. I forgot about the junk yard option. Or perhaps I could re-tap
> the threads.
>
> I need to do something, as now the wife wants to get rid of the car
> because the sunroof is broken! (and because it only got 32 mpg on
> mixed driving)
Do NOT try to re-tap the threads.
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YE! Just activated my manual sunfroof!!
You guys didn't tell me this was an option.
Opened the sunr
e the paint.
-Curt
Date: Fri, 21 Sep 2007 14:57:51 -0700
From: "Zoltan Finks" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Okay, so is the removal of t
Good. I forgot about the junk yard option. Or perhaps I could re-tap
the threads.
I need to do something, as now the wife wants to get rid of the car
because the sunroof is broken! (and because it only got 32 mpg on
mixed driving)
Brian
87 190D (in peril)
On 9/21/07, Jim Cathey <[EMAIL PROTECTED
> I'm thinking that without that nut being in place, there is no tension
> on the cable? And thus the motor just spins.
Yup. But you can get a new sunroof motor assembly at the
junkyard for not much moola. Now that you've got access to
the guts of the roof you can fix the original problem, whate
Did you get my finder's fee check in the mail for that car?
Brian
On 9/21/07, Kaleb C. Striplin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Glad I could help.
>
> Zoltan Finks wrote:
> > YE! Just activated my manual sunfroof!!
> >
> > You guys didn't tell me this was an option.
> >
> > Opened the sunroof by
Glad I could help.
Zoltan Finks wrote:
> YE! Just activated my manual sunfroof!!
>
> You guys didn't tell me this was an option.
>
> Opened the sunroof by hand about 3/4 of the way. Pulled down the
> healiner in front. First tried to pull it forward and out, but
> wouldn't go. So pushed it b
YE! Just activated my manual sunfroof!!
You guys didn't tell me this was an option.
Opened the sunroof by hand about 3/4 of the way. Pulled down the
healiner in front. First tried to pull it forward and out, but
wouldn't go. So pushed it back. Then pulled the roof shut.
Then after trying to
And now I know why the adjustment nut will not re-tighten. I managed
to strip it by attempting to use it to close the roof.
Thanks user's manual for being unclear.
I'm thinking that without that nut being in place, there is no tension
on the cable? And thus the motor just spins.
Brian
_
Okay, so is the removal of the headliner simply to gain access to
something to grab ahold of and pull?
If so, I might consider using a suction cup (cheap dent puller dealy)
and trying to pull from the outside.
Brian
On 9/19/07, Curt Raymond <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> My 240D played that game
-- Original message --
From: "Zoltan Finks" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Any thoughts regarding why that silly hex nut just spins and won't tighten?
>
> And any thoughts on how in the meantime I can get the roof to seal up?
>
On my 300SDL, I got the sunroof somewhet clos
cable with the other and force it closed.
Moving the bar should force the rear of the sunroof up.
-Curt
Date: Tue, 18 Sep 2007 17:05:52 -0700
From: "Zoltan Finks" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: [MBZ] Sunroof quit
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> Any thoughts regarding why that silly hex nut just spins and won't
> tighten?
No, I've never had to take apart that end. You have to hold
the flatted shaft while you tighten it, but somehow I doubt
that's your problem.
> And any thoughts on how in the meantime I can get the roof to seal up?
Any thoughts regarding why that silly hex nut just spins and won't tighten?
And any thoughts on how in the meantime I can get the roof to seal up?
Is it simply cable tension that snugs the roof up in place and holds it there?
Brian
On 9/18/07, Jim Cathey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Also, on
> Also, on your site, you mentioned some sort of plastic cap onto which
> the factory tool goes? That was not present.
The plastic hex cap, often missing, locks the hex nut
in position on the flatted shaft. The tire iron
turns the entire mess, but it only works so long
as it hasn't gotten stiff.
I have read most of the info in those two links you posted. Answered
some questions.
We have noticed before this failure that there were a few streaks
being left on the headliner from opening and closing the roof. And the
stuff feels gummy. Sounds like all needs a cleaning.
I wonder if someone ha
> So just to try to see how things work, I turned counterclockwise, and
> the nut began to unthread from its center shaft. Wonder if the factory
> tool was made to turn this center shaft (which has a couple of flats
> and the rest is round) instead of the nut? (factory tool is missing).
It is. Th
last swipe) and the cable is clean stand in the car with your sunroof
>> paste, get a good glob on your hand and glob it on the cable as you
>> feed it back into the tube.
>>
>> As a last step you can use an acid brush to paint the channels the
>> sunroof rid
> As a last step you can use an acid brush to paint the channels the sunroof
> rides in.
>
> Now as a note when I did this on my 240D I took the sunroof out and messed
> with it. BIG MISTAKE. Cost me several hundred dollars for my Indy to fix what
> I bodgered...
>
>
with
it. BIG MISTAKE. Cost me several hundred dollars for my Indy to fix what I
bodgered...
-Curt
Date: Tue, 18 Sep 2007 00:31:55 -0700
From: "Zoltan Finks" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [MBZ] Sunroof quit
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> And then it started to open and close very slowly.
> And now it won't move.
So sad. You waited a bit long it seems.
> Question: If I try to crank it shut manually in the trunk will I bolix
> it up?
Possibly. No real choice, however.
> And: What is best course to fix this?
You don't have a
I guess I'm now a member of the sunroof trouble club.
I noticed after buying the 87 190D that the sunroof didn't close fully
one time. So I re-opened it and closed it and it thunked shut loudly.
Since then, it sort of thunked loudly when shutting but closed reliably.
Tonight, it closed almost fu
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