Lo all, I just read the excellent guide in all torque 77 re sunroof failure/repair and though its far from an urgent job , this spurred me in to having a look in the roof lining over the weekend to see if my 'cogs' were knackered. Having looked in the roof I see of course that my sunroof mechanism is slightly different and isnt cog driven at all though some of the components are basically the same.
I also have discovered my car is December 85 not 86 as in my sig (oops).
I need the two raising arms as the 'nipples' have broken on them and I need to renew the cables too as one has snapped off the raising arm where it is crimped and the other cable doesnt move though the motor whirs away (so im guessing its broke the other end). These raising arms are different from the later ones I see as they have no 'ratcheted side' but just crimp on to a cable. Clearly they still fail though so the cogs were presumable an
' improvement ' that didnt really improve
Am I right in thinking Porsche is going to have to be where I get these or might I at least get the lifting arms from a porsche being broken ( does anyone have them ?) .
Also has anyone actually repaired an earlier sunroof and got any practical tips. I looked initially for the motor in the boot and could hear it but it didnt exactly jump out at me even under the carpet , having read ther clarkes manual im sure I'll find it next weekend
Regards Mas
