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(Message started by: Dazza on Oct 18^th, 2004, 2:49pm)

Title: sunroof
Post by Dazza on Oct 18^th, 2004, 2:49pm

My sunroof only works when it wants to and it never completes a movement without stopping. Ive had a sparky check the wires and he cant find nothing wrong.
any ideas?

Title: Re: sunroof
Post by craig on Oct 18^th, 2004, 4:10pm

there is a worm drive that sometimes breaks down,thats about all i know,but others will post,probably sounds like the problem

Title: Re: sunroof
Post by Dazza on Oct 18^th, 2004, 5:53pm

how do I repair it?

Title: Re: sunroof
Post by Snoopy on Oct 19^th, 2004, 8:02am

Take the motor aout and have a look inside the gears and see if any are broken.....Its really quite an easy job except your arms are continualy above your head...This page does not specifically relate to your problem but it will get you in the right direction
....http://www.fordscorpio.info/ilsunroof.htm

Title: Re: sunroof
Post by Dazza on Oct 20^th, 2004, 10:22am

Gears seem fine. The best way I can describe the problem is its like the sunroof motor is being fed from a flat battery. The power just dies off in less than a second and then wont work for a while. Then when it does it only works for a split second again. Its got me puzzled!!!

Title: Re: sunroof
Post by Snoopy on Oct 20^th, 2004, 11:56am

Sounds as though the mechanism is jamming and the motor cannot push it past the jam...Which can be down to a number of reasons... the only way to overcome this is to strip the whole assembly down and clean and grease all the parts .....I think there is a thermal overload on the motor and that may be the reason why it cuts out and then restarts later on..The Sunroof removal is a relativley easy job but adjustment afterwards can I understand be tricky.....The whole assemby is heald in with fourteen screws and it then lifts out.....

Title: Re: sunroof
Post by Dazza on Oct 20^th, 2004, 2:43pm

Oh dear. Sounds a bit too tricky for me to tackle. I think I'll leave it until the summer!!