sunroof motor question

[Konstantin Bogach]

Sorry for repetative mail - forgot to change subject.

Konstantin Bogach wrote:

>  I looked at ETKA and Audi 90 '89 has same motor assembley.  So, here is adjusting
> procedure from Bentley manual:
> - close sunroof (flap is down)
> - remove motor assembley
> - disengage gear moving lever all the way towards plastic gear
> - using 4mm allen wrench turn plastic gear (small one) clockwise until blue (lower if you
> face the plastic gears) microswitch turns off and tab on the smaller  plastic gear is
> aligned with a hole in the bigger  plastich gear. This is zero position.
> - install motor.
> This will make motor to stop  when sunroof is fully open or closed.
>
> Cheers,
> Konstantin Bogach.
>
> >
> > i haven't figured out how to align my sunroof with the motor connected to
> > the roof.  what i ended up doing was removing the motor and using an allen
> > wrench in the little gear to turn the sunroof without the motor until it was
> > halfway open.  i then put the motor back in and pushed the switch to open
> > the roof all the way.  either one of two things happened:  the sunroof
> > stopped, becuase the motor thought the roof was open all the way, in which
> > case i removed the motor and started cranking manually until the roof was
> > all the way open, or the sunroof opened all the way, in which case i removed
> > the motor and started cranking manually to close the roof part of the way so
> > that i could continue to use the motor to open the roof to the full open
> > position.  Note, both involve some minor adjustment to make sure the roof
> > closes tightly.
> >
> > on my motor, the little lever fits around a "C" shaped hook on the body
> > after it is removed from the roof.  my sunroof jumped the chain or something
> > and got out of align and the little lever popped off under the stress.  this
> > worked for awhile, but the chain is worn on mine and the roof slips off of
> > it often.  i would love a primer on how to fix this problem.
> >
> > oh, i have an 88 90Q, so it's probably close to yours, but i'm not sure if
> > it's exact.
> >
> > good luck, bryan
> >