[V8] It's amazing what the right part will do.

[Scott Simmons]

Hey listers.

    Purchased the car in November.  Previous Owner said some trouble 
with sunroof, didn't know where one wire went.  Opened the thing up to 
find a late model V8 motor wired into an early model V8.  Later model 
motors had different microswitch contact wheels,  a different relay, and 
about twice as many wires.  Connecting that motor to power would have 
the sunroof try to retreat back on its own.  Lucky for me, they hacked 
wires on the motor end, not the vehicle.

    Bought an early V8 sunroof motor from eBay.  Ten minutes to install 
and my sunroof works once again.

    Wow, you mean if I put in the correct part, the thing will work!? 

    My sunroof problem now resides in two small issues.  The headliner 
for the lift panel has separated.  I'm going to try some contact cement 
first then mounting tape.  Secondly, the spring loaded lift panel 
(lower) stays up all the time.  Is there some rail that's supposed to 
push it back down when the upper lift panel retreats back in?  I have a 
feeling that fixing this requires disassembly of the sunroof panel---if 
so, I'm going to leave it.

~Scott Simmons

P.S. ~ Got published in this week's AutoWeek "Letters to the Editor. "