davidwort 0 Posted September 10, 2004 Mucking about last night trying to fit a glass panel to 'Bally's' 16v and we unbolted the metal roof panel, once we discovered we had a mk3 moonroof panel (which is far too curved to fit the c ;-( ) we put the metal panel back in place, adjusted it up on the four fixings and now the roof will wind screwing manually but will only close from tilted on the motor, then seems to get stuck. I suspect that removing the motor temporarily to use it to wind the mk3 roof open has caused the problem and somehow the two cables/ guides are slightly out of alignment. Anyone got any idea on this??...Mike E.? - AKA sunroof supremo ;-) cheers, David (and Bally) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kevin Bacon 5 Posted September 10, 2004 Close the roof. Remove motor from subframe but leave plugged in Lock the door from outside to trigger the full closure/central locking switch. You should see the motor spin then stop. Refit motor. That should do it :wink: Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Henny 0 Posted September 10, 2004 not on a 16V it won't Kev... ;) (no sunroof self closing on a 1.8 valver :roll: ) Kev's basic method and reasoning is sound though... The motor is out of sync with the roof cassette... Put the roof to fully retracted with the motor. take the motor off and use the switch to make the motor spin as if closing the roof slightly, put the motor back on and CAREFULLY see if the roof will move back a little further.... keep doing this until you are sure the roof is fully retracted. Take the motor off and use the switch to spin the motor as if you were retracting the roof until it stops on it's own... Re-fit the motor and close the roof. It should now stop with the roof fully closed. you should also be able to tilt it properly and close it again, and retract the roof fully and then close it again properly... if it does all of these, then you've got it set up properly again... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
davidwort 0 Posted September 10, 2004 not on a 16V it won't Kev... ;) (no sunroof self closing on a 1.8 valver :roll: ) Kev's basic method and reasoning is sound though... The motor is out of sync with the roof cassette... Put the roof to fully retracted with the motor. take the motor off and use the switch to make the motor spin as if closing the roof slightly, put the motor back on and CAREFULLY see if the roof will move back a little further.... keep doing this until you are sure the roof is fully retracted. Take the motor off and use the switch to spin the motor as if you were retracting the roof until it stops on it's own... Re-fit the motor and close the roof. It should now stop with the roof fully closed. you should also be able to tilt it properly and close it again, and retract the roof fully and then close it again properly... if it does all of these, then you've got it set up properly again... thanks very much guys :salute: Now you explain it, it makes sense, as we twizzled the motor manually on the spare roof setup to open it to get at the panel fixings. As they say: 'A little knowledge is dangerous' :oops: cheers, David (and Bally) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bally 0 Posted September 12, 2004 Cheers Dave.. :D & to all the replies.. :) all I need now is to get the right glass roof.. :roll: Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bally 0 Posted September 17, 2004 hey guys, following on from this,, can anyone pls tell me what glass sunroof fits the rado? cheers Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Henny 0 Posted September 17, 2004 Passat 91-95... 8) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bally 0 Posted September 17, 2004 CHEERS IAN :D Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Henny 0 Posted September 17, 2004 8) just make sure it's a glass one from that age range passat and you'll get the correct one... 8) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
