"Senior Moment" for Q45 sunroof

[Warspite]

After thumbing through the "BF" section of the FSM ('94 Q45), withh the infamous 1 point font, I did not see any manual procedure for opening or closing the power sunroof. My daily warrior has the usual noise but no action from the motor.

I just needed it to open far enough to install an after market deflector, and close it up tight, even if only in manual mode.

I didn't see this in any documentation, but I guess that I just missed it, hence the "senior moment."

Thanx!

[maxnix]

Why not use the Acrobat formatted FSM? Font is any size you make it.

http://www.nicoclub.com/FSM/Q45/

Sun roof operation detailed in OM.

Hope you are not thinking of installing one of those minivan deflectors. I mean, if you can't open the sunroof anyway......?

[Raxephon]

If you pop off the sunroof switch assembly, you'll have access to the sunroof motor, there should be a spot to use an allen wrench/hex key .

Thats the manual open/close.

[Q451990]

Here's a link to my article about the sunroof clutch. If the problem is with your cables, I don't think turning the motor manually will help. If the cable assembly is OK, you might as well try adjusting the clutch http://www.nicoclub.com/articles.php?id=215858

Heath

[Q451990]

Here's the original thread - more information there.

zerothread?id=52106

Heath

[Warspite]

Heath-

Good call! I could have turned the assembly manually all day, in either direction, to no avail. It probably IS the cabling, and fortunately for me, the roof is 99% closed (OK, without a perfect seal towards the back of the car) because it is SNOWING in ATLANTA right now.

On a 224K mile vehicle, I don't think it's worth it to gut the interior just so I can get to the roof assembly.

Thanks for the info!

Terry