RE: Mobile 1 spray

[Jason A Whyte <Jason.Whyte@dreco.com>]

If I remember correctly, both my '83 and '87 CGT's had a manual crank
sunroof which was removable since it didn't slide back into the roof to
open, only tilted up at the rear to vent.  There were two plastic finger
loops on either side of the interior of the roof.  By pulling them you
released the sunroof at which point it could be removed from the opening
and stored in the trunk.  Is this the same type of roof you are talking
about?

Jason

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	DeWitt Harrison [SMTP:de@aztek-eng.com]
> Sent:	Monday, November 16, 1998 2:14 PM
> To:	zsolt@telusplanet.net
> Cc:	quattro@coimbra.ans.net
> Subject:	Re: Mobile 1 spray
> 
> At 11:23 AM 11/16/98 -0700, you wrote:
> >My sunroof is stuck (I bought the car like this) and the crank
> doesn't even
> >work. The problem is that on the highway, the back flips open 1/4" or
> so, and
> >it's really noisy. Any ideas how I could close it?
> >[ ... ]
> 
> Sounds like (a) the screws that hold the rear of the lid to the slide
> frame
> have come loose and/or fallen out and (b) some one's buggered the
> works.
> Removing the motor assembly (is it electric?) or crank assembly, will
> release the cables so you can move things by hand. Before you do that,
> you should try to gain access to the lid attachments by sliding back
> the
> interior panel. The normal deal is to move the sunroof into the
> tilt-up
> position so you can reach in from the outside with a long hook wire to
> release the springs which pull open the vent flap on this panel. Once
> done,
> the interior panel just slides rearward into the roof well, exposing
> the
> lid attachments and slide mechanism. If the sunroof is so hosed that
> it
> can't be tilted either, I'm not sure what to tell you.
> 
> With regard to getting things lined up again, there is good potential
> for
> getting yourself into a mess here, so proceed with caution. If you
> have
> been toying with buying the Bentley manual for the car, I think now is
> a real good time.
> 
> DeWitt Harrison
> Boulder, CO
> 88 5kcstq