[s-cars] Sunroof Adjustment BTDT

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Perhaps this happened last winter when I tried to open the sunroof to the vent position whilst it was iced shut.  Why would anyone do this?  Dont know, but while mine did 'pop' open, it also skipped a few gear teeth.  This left my open/close dial at about 10 a 4 oclock instead of 12 and 6 in order for the roof panel to be flat and in the correctly closed position:/
LesFix~
Pull down light/SR dial panel from front windshield side.  Just let it hang down.
Turn the SR dial control so that it is at the correctly closed 12 and 6 position.
Observe crank shaft hole where manual key would be inserted for manual operation and note that there is a very small notch on the outside of this key hole shaft. 
Take a sharp instrument and make a small mark where this notch is adjacent to it on the housing as a reference point.
Turn SR control so that SR panel is flat with roof i.e. the roof panel is in the correctly closed position. Observe the key hole shaft as it rotates and make another mark on the housing where the notch stops.  
It will take a little playing to ascertain that the panel is in the flat and correctly closed position.  When it is, make this aforementioned mark on the housing.
Now look at the motor housing assembly and observe that there are three star type allen screws that need to be removed in order that the motor drive gear can be lowered, taken out of gear so to speak and have the drive gear rotate freely.
So remove these allen type screws (they are not real tight)and pull the whole assembly down.  
You will see that the motor assembly has an angled drive gear while in the roof there are matching drive tracks that this gear sits between.  
Now is a good time to clean all this and regrease.  Brake cleaner with a red plastic extension spout worked extremely good for the cleaning portion.  I then applied some new bearing grease.
Now take the manual SR key and push it into the key hole/shaft and rotate it (clockwise IIRC) until the notch on the shaft lines up with the first mark that you made on the housing.
Re screw the housing assembly into place.  If by some miracle the panel is in the closed position AND the SR switch is in the 12 and 6 oclock (closed) position, you are done.  
If not you will have to unscrew the assembly again (not a big deal) and try some further rotational adjustments.
Thought I'd get this out whilst still sort of fresh in my head.
Cheer's
Bill m