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Old Jan 6, 2003 | 07:18 PM
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Need helpwith broken moonroof.....

All right. After Ibought my car about a year ago, I discovered that it was not the origional moonroof.
My problem is that it is now borken and wont close..... Kinnda not good in the Northwest were it never stops raining.......

Does anyone have some sort of afermarket moonroof, and if so what can I do and were can I find some new parts??
The only info I could find on the moonroof were the words, Sunseeker and olympic.
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Old Jan 6, 2003 | 07:42 PM
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Well... I'm afraid I'm a little confused Du u mean the car did not come with a sunroof and somebody cut a hole in the top and put one of those aftermarket jobs in? -or- du u mean it came with a sunroof and somebody just changed the "roof"? (BTW moonroof=glass; sunroof=upholstered metal).

Anyway, if it's the 1st choice - I can't help ya. But if it's the second choice - then the crank is stock and you can get parts for it.

Why won't it close? Does the crank not work? -or- Does it not have a crank?
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Old Jan 6, 2003 | 08:25 PM
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Yeah !! what he said, kinda vague. Need more info
to try to help you out.
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Old Jan 7, 2003 | 10:57 AM
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Sorry bout that... It looks like there was a sunroof in the from the factory at one point, But there is no stock hardware. It has some sort of flip up handel that is either locked down or locked in the up position.

There are 2 little L shaped pins sticking out of the roof of the car that the handel for the moonroof latch to. The 2 L shaped pins broke. Therefore, I have duct tape holding it shut.....
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Old Jan 7, 2003 | 11:08 AM
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If it's not a stock roof, then your gonna have to find a name of who made the roof to replace the hardware.
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Old Jan 7, 2003 | 01:55 PM
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Originally posted by 851stgen12a
Sorry bout that... It looks like there was a sunroof in the from the factory at one point, But there is no stock hardware. It has some sort of flip up handel that is either locked down or locked in the up position.

There are 2 little L shaped pins sticking out of the roof of the car that the handel for the moonroof latch to. The 2 L shaped pins broke. Therefore, I have duct tape holding it shut.....
That was a very common aftermarket sunroof used on a variety of cars. Possibly a junkyard search in your area will come up with some replacement hardware.
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Old Jan 7, 2003 | 03:31 PM
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I hit a junkyard yesterday and didnt find anything, accept for 2 almost completle Fb that they refuse to sell as a whole, but thats another story......

I really dont want to take it to a auto customizer, because I know they are just going to tell me to buy a whole new one, which I really cant afford to do.....
Thanks for the help!!
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