power mirror repair time and sunroof questions

[jon beck <jon@tranquility.net>]

Hi Everyone,

First off, thanks for the advice on the gearbox oil questions I had.  I'm 
now about to tackle my no operative power mirror problem on my '86 
4000s.  Both are not working in the 2 months I have owned the car.  I 
noticed a post about checking the wires in the door rubber boot thing, and 
there were 3 broken ones in my driver's door.  Now, as I'm going to try to 
fix these, are there any tips to make this any easier?  There isn't much 
room to work in there, and I'm sure to burn myself or my assistant with the 
soldiering Iron once or twice!

Hopefully, I'll have some working mirrors.

Second, my sunroof doesn't close very well, and sometimes won't open 
without pushing down on it from the outside.  I think it's misaligned or 
the belt is off a link or two.  How hard is this to work on?  The bentley 
makes it look fairly straightforward, but it makes rebuilding the engine 
look the same!  Also, is there any way to swap a glass sunroof in for the 
one that I have?

thanks for all the help, this list is great!
jon
'86 4000s, 181k miles, columbia, MO