If your sunroof's inoperative, read this! (type 44)

[qshipaz at juno.com]

Having asked a jillion questions, I'm going to share a fix I came up with- =
it's about time.
My 5ktq had an inoperative sunroof. Would tilt, but not slide, so I didn't =
think it was electrical. Seemed very similar to the symptoms I found in a o=
vloV 745 I worked ona few months back... so I started digging in the tight =
quarters of the roof.

Yup. The brackets which hold the panel to the sliding mechanism are just as=
 poor a design as they are on the Swedish brick. And they are, at least whe=
n comparing a 10/85 5ktq to a 4/86 745GLE, the same part, if not the same P=
N=2E Blame Golde, who made the durned thing. The parts in question are slic=
es of pot metal, about 6x1 inches, and around 1/8 inch thick. They are die =
cut to provide tracks for the pins to follow, to tilt and slide the roof. B=
ecause of these cuts, the thinnest part of the bracket is only 1/4 inch thi=
ck. Which is where, on the TQ, the GLE, and two 5ks, and 4 700 series Volvo=
s at the junkyard, the piece breaks in two.

If your roof will not retract by crank or by motor, I feel pretty sure this=
 is why. If you have patience and skinny fingers, you'll have it working wi=
th the replacement of one chunk of pot metal!

HTH,
Rob




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