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Car Forum / BMW Cars / April 2008Help With E30 1988 325i Touring Sunroof Wil Not Fully Close
Good evening. Have Just bought '88 325i Touring. But the Electric Sunroof (metal) will not fully close/bed down. It Retracts ok, but seems to stall near the end closing. There is about an inch or so gap. No Luck with manually trying to shift it! Any help here for this newbie, would be most grateful. It is my first BMW. Thank you Mathew > No Luck with manually trying to shift it! Do you mean you are trying to push it by hand? Or are you trying the manual 'adjuster' in the switch box? IIRC (it's a while since this happened on mine!) you just need to remove the plastic cover on the unit with the sunroof controls, put the appropriate socket on the big nut and manually wind the sunroof. When I tried this the electrics suddenly started working again - Looks like the motor was stalled and the manual wiggling freed it off. Al. >> No Luck with manually trying to shift it! > [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] >tried this the electrics suddenly started working again - Looks like the >motor was stalled and the manual wiggling freed it off. If this is a case, you might want to consider dissasembling and re-lubing the thing. It needs to be done every once in a while. --scott  Signature"C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis." > If this is a case, you might want to consider dissasembling and re-lubing > the thing. It needs to be done every once in a while. Agreed. But be CAREFUL. The splines in the drive wire are really sharp, I cut myself a few years ago on them. SignatureWho needs a life when you've got Unix? :-) Email: john@unixnerd.demon.co.uk, John G.Burns B.Eng, Bonny Scotland Web : http://www.unixnerd.demon.co.uk - The Ultimate BMW Homepage! Need Sun or HP Unix kit? http://www.unixnerd.demon.co.uk/unix.html www.Strathspey.co.uk - Quality Binoculars at a Sensible price I have fixed it. thank you all who lead mr in th right direction. Motor was fine, just needed a nudge. Though I found it surprising that no mention of a sunroof is in the E30 manual nor even the Hyanes Repair manual. Thanky you. Mathew > Good evening. Have Just bought '88 325i Touring. But the Electric Sunroof > (metal) will not fully close/bed down. It Retracts ok, but seems to stall [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > Thank you > Mathew |
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