I spent the whole day happy - bought a new DD today an '89 325i 5 speed sedan - black - altogether in great shape, clean body, great paint, reupholstered seats, etc. 130,000 miles, well maintained - needs some suspension work, but altogether happy at $2400 in. Bought a big cigar, opened the windows and sunroof (footnote there!) and drove it appx 200 miles today with no problems. Then reality set in.
Get home and can't close the sunroof, rear won't come up. Took the handle off, back and forth and ended up fubaring the whole damn thing. Now nothing works and I can't get the rear of the sunroof to rise to meet the roof. Tore the f-ing fabric on the inner sunroof panel, heard a bunch of sh!t crunch in the mechanism, it will turn counter-clockwise and go back but it will not return when I turn the handle clockwise. I can shove the panel forward and the front mates up with the roof but that's it.
I know I should have parked it in the garage and left it until the weekend rather than try to fix it in the driveway with a flashlight and a screwdriver. Now it's a damn mess and I'm wondering just how many $100s more I just cost myself. Any guidance you all can offer to get this fixed will help greatly (FYI bentley manual will be here tomorrow) - really need this functional by Sunday if possible, so if I've got to get some parts enroute immediately I need to order tomorrow and can't wait for the manual.
Thanks all
Adam
Get home and can't close the sunroof, rear won't come up. Took the handle off, back and forth and ended up fubaring the whole damn thing. Now nothing works and I can't get the rear of the sunroof to rise to meet the roof. Tore the f-ing fabric on the inner sunroof panel, heard a bunch of sh!t crunch in the mechanism, it will turn counter-clockwise and go back but it will not return when I turn the handle clockwise. I can shove the panel forward and the front mates up with the roof but that's it.
I know I should have parked it in the garage and left it until the weekend rather than try to fix it in the driveway with a flashlight and a screwdriver. Now it's a damn mess and I'm wondering just how many $100s more I just cost myself. Any guidance you all can offer to get this fixed will help greatly (FYI bentley manual will be here tomorrow) - really need this functional by Sunday if possible, so if I've got to get some parts enroute immediately I need to order tomorrow and can't wait for the manual.
Thanks all
Adam
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