UDPride

not stuck up like a snobby schoolgirl, I mean stuck in the up position.

this has been happening on a number of occasions recently and after a few dozen times of flippng the switch it goes down but today it wants to play hard ball. i can hear a "click" near the sunroof when I flip the down switch, but nothing happens.

so whats the procedure again to manually crank it down. I forget but I believe there is one. I cant wash the car until I get it down again.

Gracios.

UDPride

on position is stereo but no other electrical right.

UDPride

OK I looked but I have no idea what Im supposed to turn. There are screws everywhere. Im afraid Im gonna need a diagram. Thanks.

BeerBurner

There is a little plastic nipple-looking thingie you take off. It just pops off in your hand. Take a socket wrench and turn it. I forget which direction...

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UDPride

ok where is this udner the carpet. is it on the SIDE of the trunk. ur UNDER the trunk or on the back WALL on the trunk.

BeerBurner

Behind that!

edit: and yes, I need a new carpet tab holder thingie...

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UDPride

ok my left side doesnt look anything like yours. I dont have that plastic shroud thing nor do I have a black knobby thing.

i think im gonna need a professional.

BeerBurner

Bummer. I'm outta ideas...

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UDPride

this is why i hate fixing stuff myself.

BeerBurner

Are you drinking beer? That always helps.

It may not help fix the problem, but after pondering over it long enough (with enough beers) you stop careing...

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pikey7

can you at least find the motor? it's there somewhere!. if you can find that, I think its the double nutted nut (if that makes sense) you need to turn. If you can't see that, you must have forgotten to feed the sunroof mice.....

IceShark

Find the motor and you can't miss it - it is the double jamb nut as Mike noted. PO's may not have put all the plastic covering back on as that is sort of a pain if you do it often.

While there are a lot of possible reasons for this electrical retraction to fail, like the micro switch in the center forward edge of the roof the sunroof mates up to, it could very well be the sunroof relay in the fuse/relay box. You have an 86 and it is time for that to crap out. That is an expensive little sucker new - something like $120. See if someone has a working used one you can buy for 10 or 20 bucks. And make sure the replacement is the correct one for your car. Read the part number on the old. There were at least 2 different relays used on the various years.

ELLSSUU

UD,

It's an '86 so it looks a little different than the one in the picture. It's in the same place but it should have a small flat silver metal wrench attached to the sunroof motor. That wrench fits perfectly on a nut again attached to the motor. If I remember correctly the nut is pretty small like a 8mm or so. Crank on that bad boy in either direction until you see the top going down. There's only a few nuts down there, including yourself, and most that you can see mount the motor to the car. The one in the middle and most obvious is the one you want.

If I had my car here I'd snap a pic. If you need one I can get a picture to you tomorrow afternoon when the car is back in it's stable.

UDPride

Well I WOULD take a god dang mother pheckin son of a beeyotchin photo myself but EVERY ONE OF A MY GOD DUMB **** rechargeable batteries wont power the frickin camera and I have over 25 rechargeables and when I charge then THE **** CHARGING THING SAYS THE BASTARDS ARE CHARGED.

Im so sick of this CRAP I want to go on a rampage. NOTHING EVER WORKS AS IT IS SUPPOSED TO.

WesM951

sorry but i have to laugh at this UD. My sunroof won't go up or down if it makes you feel any better.

That and this keyboard sux, i'm about to break it over my knee.