[s-cars] Sunroof Stuck Open

Tom Green trgreen at comcast.net
Wed Jul 20 13:06:37 EDT 2005


It seems to me you guys are not really listening.   It sounded to me  
like the offer
was for some of that NASA stuff they use to repair the Shuttle, with  
a demo at
s-fest.  :-)

Tom '95 S6

Bob wrote:

> Date: Wed, 20 Jul 2005 08:10:58 -0600
> From: "Bob DG" <bobs6 at msn.com>
> Subject: RE: [s-cars] Sunroof Stuck Open
> To: james.murray at ericsson.com, r0ssat0_987 at att.net,
>     s-car-list at audifans.com
> Message-ID: <BAY5-F70BC9F09BAB2A56005002EFD70 at phx.gbl>
> Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed
>
> I tried every kind of epoxy, nothing worked- except buying a new  
> panel. $70
> or so...

>
>
>> From: "James Murray (QA/EMC)" <james.murray at ericsson.com>
>> To: "'Robert Rossato'" <r0ssat0_987 at att.net>,S-car List
>> <s-car-list at audifans.com>
>> Subject: RE: [s-cars] Sunroof Stuck Open
>> Date: Tue, 19 Jul 2005 17:17:54 -0500
>>
>> Yup, I need to change glue... I had previously used J.B. weld...  
>> but it
>> didn't hold, so now I will try and use a epoxy to glue or plastic  
>> epoxy...
>> been through this before, didn't last, so here I go  
>> again...hopefully this
>> time I'll use the right glue.
>>
>> Must say, that's not one of the car's finer points...
>>
>> /Jamu.
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Robert Rossato [mailto:r0ssat0_987 at att.net]
>> Sent: Tuesday, July 19, 2005 4:06 PM
>> To: James Murray (QA/EMC); S-car List
>> Subject: RE: [s-cars] Sunroof Stuck Open
>>
>>
>> That sounds encouraging.  Don't want to have to pull the sunroof  
>> assembly.
>>
>> With regards to the your panel dropping, this is easily fixed with  
>> use of a
>> good high temp epoxy to glue the spring clip back in place.  Be  
>> sure to
>> abrade the surfaces of the plastic panel before applying the  
>> epoxy.  Also I
>> highly recommend removing and epoxying in the other clip while  
>> you're at it
>> as it is only a matter of time before that breaks also.  If you  
>> haven't
>> taken care of it by S-Fest I have some excellent adhesive we can  
>> use to fix
>> it.  You can just stuff the panel back in place and it'll hold for  
>> now, may
>> have to wedge a piece of folded paper on one side or small piece  
>> of tape.
>>
>> Bob



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