re:90Q Sunroof Problem

[KRISTIAN@sandar.no]

Okey, here I am again.
I have been busy with my family and the holyday......ehh.. you know 
what I mean...

My plan was to tear the whole thing apart, and to give you an 
detailed repair instruction, but now I will just give you a quick 
procedure.

I have an `90 90q, so my sunroof may be a littlebit different 
than yours..... Anyway, here it comes:

When I opened the "sunroof motor cover" (Remove the lamp, and you 
will find a screw over the bulb), I discovered an relay, two 
microsvitces, some wheels`n gears and of corse the motor itself.
The problem turned out to be one of the microsvitches.

For a start I will recomed to take the entire motor
(and the sunroof(toggle)-switch and the relay) out of the car.
This is done by disconnecting some connectors and removing some 
screws.

I took a small drill and drilled of the top of the pins that 
hold the switches. Then I was able to pulle them off. Be 
careful to drill of ONLY the top of the pins, you will need them to 
reattach the switches later.

Then I opened the switches by prying off the top with a small 
screwdriver. Be careful not to lose any of the small springs that 
can pop out.  I cleaned the contacts and put them back together.

To fasten the switches, I used two small screws that fitted in the 
center of the little pins. The screws will force the pins to expand a 
littlebit so that the switces will stay in place.
You may want to make sure you have them before you start to 
drill.....

The install of the motor was simple, but you need to have the sunroof 
in the exact closed-position. Press the sunroofbuttons until the 
relay clicks (and the motor hopefully stops) and place the motor in 
position. I used some time to get it in the exact position.

This is written from memory, so if you need more details just send 
another request and I will open the cover again.


Kristian Talha...
`90 90q


> 14 days ago Fergus Gould wrote:
>
>Greetings! My 1993 90 Q Sport has a few problems that I'd like to
>resolve:
> 1) The power sunroof toggle switch no longer "clicks" off  
>when fully closed:  The sunroof has 2 open modes: sliding back fully 
>or pivoting up at the rear edge.  Normally, when it is fully open, 
>pushing the toggle control will close it and the roof stops moving 
>when fully closed.  Then if the toggle is pushed again in the same 
>direction the roof will open up in the other mode i.e. pivot up. 
>The problem I have is that the roof no longer stops when it is 
>reaches the closed point but continues to move into the open up by 
>pivot mode. This means I have to take my finger off the toggle 
>switch at precisely the point at which the roof reaches fully 
>closed.  Any BTDTs?
.....snip....
>Fergus
>1993 90 Q Sport